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Photographer's Note
This is BBD Bagh, formerly known as Dalhousie Square.
The pond, Lal Dighi, is the most famous water body of West Bengal because all the Government Offices are situated around it. In a sense, BBD Bagh is the capital of Kolkata.
The area is crowded throughout the day.
I am lucky, in a smoggy morning, I got BBD Bagh like this.
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Romano46 (18472) 2013-12-12 8:30
Ciao Alekhya
trovo quasi emblematica questa foto con un cancello che in realtà non chiude nulla se non una parte del passaggio lasciando aperti i due varchi laterali.
Bella anche l'atmosfera nebbiosa a contrasto con la nettezza della zona in primo piano nella quale anche le foglie morte sembrano assumere un significato metafisico.
Eccellente la composizione.
Ciao e buona serata
holmertz (88427) 2013-12-12 10:06
Hello Alekhya,
I have been here many times but certainly not at this early hour, so this light and these colours are unknown to me. The emptiness of the place is also a new experience. I wouldn't normally call this area the most beautiful part of the city, but seen like this it no doubt has its advantages.
Kind regards,
subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2013-12-12 17:28
hello, a new look of kolkata in every pics. We are experienced to see this place crowded in day time but not like this. Light balance is very good. Good work against the light. Nice lake to see in morning atmosphere. Excellent work. Tfs.
hidibyendu (929) 2013-12-12 18:06
Very nicely taken my friend.
Its a rare picture of BBD bagh with no people. The bad is the sky color, its always like that in Kolkata, Its always dull because of so much pollution probably.
Nice composition indeed.
serp2000 (47063) 2013-12-12 20:24
Namaste, Alekhya,
Attractive Autumn scene, good idea to take this point of view, excellent composition. I think these colors are natural, but it looks like a sepia effect. My compliments! Well done!
Subhogen (4067) 2013-12-12 20:45
Hello Alekhya,
Congratulations on getting this photo without a single soul, that is itself a major achievement!! Kono bangla bandh chilo naki? :-)
Very good composition and well chosen POV. Beautiful natural colors of dawn.
I am really enjoying your series to see Kolkata in a new light with a different perspective. You have been very successful in doing so.
Thanks for sharing my friend, chaliye jao!!
mrichat (1755) 2013-12-13 6:43
Hello Sundar,
A nostalgic feel filled in this photo.The morning moment of kolkata's one of the well known and historical place.You are presenting kolkata very well taking photos of different taste. Very wel done.
rychem (71851) 2013-12-13 8:49
Very nice morning photo with central composition, quiet and peaceful atmosphere
regards Ryszard
mcmtanyel (57999) 2013-12-13 20:16
Hello Alekhya,
I wish I could rise up so early to greet the sun. Juxtaposition of the symmetric foreground with the non-symmetric background is very effective and makes for a lovely composition. The haziness adds some romanticism.
Miguel82 (42866) 2013-12-16 13:49
natural colors and superb sunrise view with excellent hues and good light, a brillant picture taken at the right time
thanks Alekhya, have a nice evening
fabbs99 (17179) 2013-12-16 18:57
Hi Alekhya,
Nice early morning shot of the Dalhousie Square.It captures the mist of the early morning very well.Excellent pov.TFS.
abmdsudi (85235) 2013-12-24 19:02
Namaste Alekhya
Lovely peaceful shot in all its moods and the almost sepia tone really adds a lot to the atmosphere and 'feel' Considering the light conditions, the exposure looks really pleasant and great that you managed to retain lots detail throughout, in particular the fallen leaves are lovely addition. Well done, Congrats
Best regards
pajaran (97635) 2014-01-13 11:22
Dobro vece.
Lep pogled ujutru na grad ...
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontrast, lepo pokazano mesto i trenutak, lepe boje.
Prijatno vece i lepa noc, sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela, srecno.
Good evening.
Nice view of the city in the morning ...
Good time recording and contrast nicely shown the place and moment, beautiful colors.
Have a nice evening and night, all the best in the new week that started, good luck.
macjake (95171) 2014-01-16 8:25
Hi Alekhya
its always rewarding to capture scenes that are normally full of people, void of people during special times of day. and you have that exactly right here.
nice to see the boats in the water too, enjoyable mood and atmosphere.
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- Copyright: Alekhya Sundar (aleXundar) (1256)
- Genre: Luoghi
- Medium: Colore
- Date Taken: 2013-12-05
- Categories: Momento decisivo
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Last night was likely No Ordinary Family's final episode. So the show gave us everything we ever wanted: an absolutely bonkers showdown between the Powells and Dr. King, a sidekick getting powers, and, at long last, an actually interesting premise.
There are no words for just how batshit insane the Dr. King showdown really is. This show has done some ridiculous stuff before now, but I never in a million years thought they could pull out something this ludicrous. This is a show that, not ten minutes before, shied away from showing Dr. King actually shooting any of the guards, ostensibly because this is still supposed to be a family-friendly show. And then...they just go and do this. I don't think the show should have tried to be this crazy all the time - I'm pretty sure down that road Heroes lies - but as one glorious burst of concentrated lunacy? Oh yes please.
As to the rest of the episode, well...Lucy Lawless's Mrs. X, desperate to find out how to make powers permanent, decides to kidnap J.J. and put him to work solving the problem. In her holding cell, J.J. meets up with Joshua, who is being held prisoner because he refused to hurt the Powells. Meanwhile, the shapeshifter Victoria is pretending to be Joshua, who has apparently returned to reconnect with a now very pregnant Katie. While the Powells and Dr. King head into the Global Tech prison to free J.J. and Joshua, George pursues his own inquiries, which ultimately strands him on a plane with eighty convicts, all about to be dosed with the formula that gave the Powells their abilities.
"No Ordinary Beginning" feels like a pretty satisfactory ending to what has been a largely unsatisfactory season. We get to see the entire family showing off their powers - which seemed to include a surprising amount of lethal force, although maybe those soldiers Stephanie took down were just knocked out - and both Dr. King and Mrs. X make their final descent into supervillainy. For a show that's generally seemed tentative and unsure of what it wants to be, it was refreshing to watch something so completely no holds barred.
As is only fitting for No Ordinary Family's finale, a lot of the plot didn't make that much sense. It hinged on some seemingly unlikely contrivances - why was Joshua of all people handling Global Tech crates in South America, and why kill Mr. Litchfield in a crowded school? - and the characters all had their now trademark lapses in judgment, but overall...yeah, I'm willing to forgive this. I was entertained, which papers over a lot of these flaws.
But here's what really bums me out about all this. After an entire season of this show meandering, constantly finding then losing then refinding its way...I'm actually now convinced this show deserves a second season. I mean, let's be honest - from a ratings perspective, this show is firmly in the cancellation range, and I'd say the bad about this past season somewhat outweighs the good. It's not even remotely an injustice if this show gets the ax, as it seems likely to.
And yet, the final three minutes promise a bold new direction for the show, one that I seriously want to watch. Eighty evil supers are now on the loose! The government needs the Powells' help! Katie and Joshua have a super-baby! And George - sweet, wonderful George - now has superpowers! (Probably!) It's an intriguing new formula, and while I doubt it would allow No Ordinary Family to become a great show, this all seems like it would be an awful lot of fun. Well, except the super-baby. I'm guessing that'd get stupid real quick.
What I like about this ending is that it seems to address the show's basic flaw - that all of the supers are ultimately closely entwined with Global Tech, which means a lot of conspiratorial machinations and needlessly complex mythology when really we should just be having some fun with the superhero genre. With eighty rogue supers, there seems like a lot more variety to mix things up - some can be petty criminals, some can be freelancers, some can still be loyal foot soldiers for Lucy Lawless (I've heard of worse jobs), and some, hopefully, can be scheming, comic book style supervillains. It opens the show up from being trapped in a not particularly interesting conspiracy story to a much broader superhero show. Honestly, they probably should have gotten to this point by the midseason break, but oh well.
I think, if this is indeed the last episode, that "No Ordinary Beginning" is a fitting epitaph for the show. It's got all the strengths of No Ordinary Family at its best, along with a healthy dose of its nagging weaknesses. It's a rollicking adventure story with a lot of vaguely pointless mythology thrown in, and it features a few moments where the only sane response is to switch off the logic centers of your brain. But it's got some fun ideas, some cool moments, and some good performances. It's the epitome of decent television and not much more.
And, most importantly, it ends with a big promise that things will get better, one last tease that this show will finally live up to all the potential it has on paper, all prior evidence to the contrary be damned. If that isn't No Ordinary Family in a nutshell, I don't know what is.

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The babes I once held close
To whisper away the cries
To rock to sleep
To hold
Just because I wanted to.
I was their everything.
They learned to walk.
My hands outstretched
To catch (just in case)
To steady
To encourage
To engulf in a hug when they made it.
Aside from fruit snacks
I was their everything.
Their feet grew.
Their world got bigger.
Their strides grew longer.
Now they walk
They run
They jump
They do everything.
But the trail has shifted.
The footprints face away
Instead of toward me.
Positive they know what to do
Positive they know the way
But I wonder.
Are they ready?
Have I taught them everything?
It is what I want for them.
It is how it is supposed to be.
This hollow breath in my throat
It has nowhere to go,
No way to feel right.
Have I done my job?
Is this all there is?
Is this everything?
Dear God,
I hope you know what you're doing.
Lead them
Guide them
Walk beside them
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Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw: Teachers not stressed
The BBC reports that the outspoken head of Ofsted has hit out at teachers who complain their jobs are "too stressful" and make excuses for poor performance.
Sir Michael Wilshaw suggested head teachers needed reminding what stress really was.
Speaking at an education conference, he said heads were better paid and had more power than ever before.
But the ATL teaching union said official figures demonstrated how stressful teaching can be.
Sir Michael told a conference of independent school heads in East Sussex that in the past, poor teaching and poor performance had gone unchallenged.
He went on: "We need to learn from this and challenge those who have power invested in them to make the difference, but too often make excuses for poor performance – it's just too hard, the children are too difficult, the families are too unsupportive, this job is far too stressful.
"Let me tell you what stress is. Stress is what my father felt, who struggled to find a job in the 1950s and 1960s and who often had to work long hours in three different jobs and at weekends to support a growing family.
"Stress is, I'm sure, what many of the million-and-a-half unemployed young people today feel – unable to get a job because they've had a poor experience of school and lack the necessary skills and qualifications to find employment.
"Stress is what I was under when I started as a head in 1985, in the context of widespread industrial action – teachers walking out of class at a moment's notice; doing lunch duty on my own every day for three years because of colleagues who worked to rule; covering five classes in the sports hall when there was no-one to teach them.
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Sir Michael said that times had changed and that heads were now in charge, with better pay and more independence, power and resources than before.
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"What we don't need are leaders in our schools whose first recourse is to blame someone else – whether it's Ofsted, the local education authority, the government or a whole host of other people."
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said Ofsted should concentrate on helping schools improve and stop criticising teachers and heads.
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"And Ofsted is part of the problem with its continual changing of the inspections goal posts, and ridiculous demands for lessons to be exciting at all times.
"Teaching is the occupation with the third highest amount of work-related stress according to Health and Safety Executive figures."


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Thursday, June 9
When Is It Too Hot for Golf?
THE MERCURY WILL REACH 93 today in Memphis, Tennessee, where PGA Tour players will sweat their way through the FedEx St. Jude Classic. The heat index—that measurement some weather guru came up with that combines air temperature and relative humidity—will hover near 100.
The good folks of Memphis and elsewhere (my hand is raised) know when it is sticky hot and suffocating without the benefit of the heat index and "feels like" numbers. Another way to quantify misery, I suppose.
The players at TPC Southwind will be soaked with sweat, some with big dark patches ringing the seat of their pants. (Some look like they had an embarrassing accident.) Sometimes I wonder how European players such as Swede Robert Karlsson and Englishman Lee Westwood acclimate to hot spots like muggy Memphis. I know they play worldwide, including toasty warm places such as Dubai, but is there any place sweatier than the Home of the Blues?
Heat Beatdown
My question is this: When is it too hot for golf?
It's summer now (or nearly so), golf season in North America, and the temperatures are rising. Is there a cutoff point for you, a temperature at which you say, "No, thanks. Too hot. I'll tee it up another day"?
I played golf last Friday and the weather was perfect, about 80 degrees and relatively low humidity for early June. This week is a different story. It's headed toward 90 today in my mountains, which is well above our normal high for late spring.
It's also in the low and mid 90s across much of the Southeast and Northeast, including blistering June highs of 97 and 98 in Washington, DC, and New York City, respectively.
Tomorrow the high in Phoenix will be 100. You expect it to be a furnace there. Does anyone play golf in Phoenix in the summer? I suppose diehards do. I'll bet the competition for early morning tee times in the summer months is fierce. Phoenix golf is a much more comfortable activity in the winter months when highs are in the 60s and 70s rather than in June when the average high is 103 degrees and the record is a scorching 122.
This might sound like a variation of the "I walked five miles to school in the snow" story, but when I was growing up in California's Mojave Desert I routinely played in 105-degree heat. And, yes, it was a dry heat. And, yes, that does make a difference. (But it's still plenty hot.) It didn't bother me as a teenager. I didn't think anything of it. I spent summer days at the golf course and actually liked it when extreme heat cleared the golf course in the afternoon so my golf buddies and I could have the place to ourselves.
I don't handle the heat as well now. I can play in it, but I find that my recovery period, especially if I walk, is much longer. It saps my energy. I'm not playing a lot of golf these days, but when I do I'm fortunate to live and tee it up in the Blue Ridge Mountains where the summertime temps often don't reach 90. That's just fine with me.
−The Armchair Golfer
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6 comments:
- Charles Prokop said...
I'll be passing up my usual weekly skins game tomorrow - the predicted high here in the Texas Hill Country is 99, and that's too hot. I draw the line these days somewhere around 97, although I'll play on those days if I can get through by noon.
I grew up in Houston, and would play in anything back then. I'd happily walk 36 holes in above 95 degrees with Houston humidity. I can't and won't do that anymore.
I lived in Asheville for about 9 years, and golf in the summer there was great. Winter wasn't so good, though.
It's 65 degrees right now in Daly City California where I play. Since our course is in the fog belt south of SF our summer question can be just the opposite: "Is it too foggy and windy to play?" Just proof that it's a big country.
When the greens freeze it is too cold to play but I haven't discovered the point yet where it is too hot to play.
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I'm a lot like you, Charles. I used to play in any heat. Growing up on the desert, I was pretty heat tolerant. But I can't handle those hot days as well as I used to.
Daly City sounds good to me, Paul. Reminds me of my summers in the Pacific Northwest, a short but wonderful golf season weather wise.
The cold is another subject, Brian. I've actually played on frozen greens. So you'll play in any heat? Good for you.
Last year at age 66 I suffered near heat exhaustion for the first time in my life. It was 95 degrees with no wind on the course that day. Now I make sure I have plenty of liquids with me and hit the shade as often as I can when on the course. The bottom line is, as you get older take precautions before a problem occurs.
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
Monthly Update - October/November 2007
I must apologise for joining the last two months into one report but time has simply flown by and my travels have kept me very occupied. However, Taricaya has not lost any of its momentum and volunteers and staff have worked very industriously to keep pushing our projects forward. As usual, my dilemma is where to start.
After a record year in the collection phase of our turtle project, we keenly awaited the hatching of our first nests. We were very confident that we would have our highest number of hatchlings yet and we were not disappointed. With a grand total of 992 baby turtles the record was smashed and all the hard work over the summer months was justified. In fact we had so many youngsters that the turtle pool from previous years was dangerously overcrowded. The high concentration of animals meant that the water was constantly dirty with their natural waste and this, coupled with a very dry spell of no rain, meant we could not recycle the water as often as necessary. The dry weather also meant that it was very hard to collect the water lentils that form their natural diet as the depressions around the reserve are still without water. Thus we took the decision to release the baby turtles earlier than in previous years and now they are all successfully released back into the rivers and streams around the reserve. For next year we shall have to build a second pool as I expect the project to continue to flourish and improve as it has every year thus far.
A new initiative in October saw us installing motion-sensitive cameras at various points around the reserve. The goal of this new project was to help us increase our database of mammal sightings as this group of animals is the least studied thus far in the Taricaya Reserve. Our platform observations generally produce results for just birds and that coupled with the mist netting has provided us with a huge spread of data for the avifauna of Taricaya. The herpetology walks and traps have done the same for the reptiles and amphibians of the area whilst the butterfly traps and nets have done the same for the third most diverse order of insects. This meant we wanted to discover more about the diversity and movements of the mammals around the reserve. Over the years we have sighted the majority of mammal species expected to be found in this area but often the rarer animals have been spotted infrequently and their nocturnal lifestyles have made the task even harder. Initially we decided most productive position for the cameras would be near the small mammal colpas we have in the reserve. These colpas are specific sites where mammals come to eat clay that in turn helps them digest food with high levels of toxins. This peculiar habit is well documented in birds, especially the parrot family, but less is known about the behaviour of mammals and the frequency with which they visit these colpas.
Whilst we have only just started this project we have had some fantastic results and some great photos also. Early studies have captured on film a giant anteater (Mymrecophaga tridactyla), red brocket deer (Mazama americana), collared and white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu sp.), brown agoutis (Dasyprocta variegata), a paca (Agouti paca), a Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis), a tapir (Tapiris terrestris) and some yet to be identified bats! There were even a couple of avian species: pale-winged trumpeters (Psophia leucoptera) and a hook-billed kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) feeding on its favourite prey; snails. Interestingly we caught the same pair of collared peccaries visiting a small colpa/mud bath more than once in the same week and this is very encouraging as with time we hope to accumulate enough data to track the animals around the reserve and also by marking the animals we release it will become easier to identify the individuals caught by the cameras. This is a very exciting project that promises to give us plenty of surprises over the coming months and naturally I will keep you all informed.
The theme of releasing animals brings me nicely on to our latest arrivals in the animal rescue centre. Over the last few weeks we have received some young newcomers and moved some of our other residents around as the program continues to flourish. The first to arrive were a couple of night (or owl) monkeys (Aotus sp). An adult arrived first and was in surprisingly good health but the juvenile that arrived soon after was in very poor shape. It had been attacked by a dog in Puerto Maldonado and had wounds on its head, face and tail. I am very pleased to report that with careful treatment it has made a full recovery and is now happily united with the older monkey in the new quarantine enclosures. It is very uncommon for us to receive rare mammals but for the second time this year we were grateful recipients of another baby Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris). It is another female and fortunately in much better health than Winnie was when we received her earlier this year. She continues to grow and appears much shier than Winnie when she first came to us. This is a positive thing and will help her rehabilitation as a fear of humans will help her should she stray from the sanctuary of our reserve. The new arrivals meant some reshuffling was necessary of existing residents and the baby tapir has taken residence in the Spix's guan cage whilst the birds were relocated to the curassow enclosure. The new room mates seem to be getting along handsomely. Elsewhere the baby collared peccary has survived its early time with us and has been moved to one of the outdoor juvenile cages. It is always hard to manage such a young animal and the constant care and attention was well worth the effort as he is now happily running around and enjoying life outside in its new cage!
It is always with a heavy heart that I have to report a death in our release program but unfortunately our young red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) has not survived. This came as a shock because it was the first resident of our newly designed juvenile enclosures and the youngster was active, well-fed and responded well to the stimuli of being outside. The baby had been with us for over six months and was thriving then suddenly its health began to decline almost overnight and it then it passed away. The absence of vets specialised in exotic fauna in Puerto Maldonado means that a post mortem was futile but I am intrigued as to the cause of death because of all the animals we have received over the years; howler monkeys have been our Achilles' heel. I have researched diet and behaviour and have followed all recommendations but to no avail. The other interesting factor is that they survive sometimes for over a year and then suddenly their health suffers. Howler monkeys are naturally herbivores and we have tried diets of leaves etc... but I have seen wild howler monkeys feeding on palm fruits and farm-grown bananas and papayas. Indeed, our captive animals prefer these fruits to tough un-nutritional leaves. This leads me to think that diet is not an issue as their demise would be a lot swifter than the six-twelve months when they appear fine. I think it is more a behavioural/social problem. We have yet to have more than one howler monkey at any give time and these large primates live in big family groups where the youngsters will be tended by all the adults during its infancy. This lack of social contact might well be causing the animals to suffer. Whilst our residents are in contact with us and can see all the other animals around them this cannot replace the social bonds of a family unit. I am further convinced that this may well be the case as our white-bellied spider monkeys (Ateles belzebuth), another large monkey which lives in family groups, are thriving as a group and the younger monkeys are now fully integrated into the social hierarchy. I am determined to try and receive several howler monkeys at once to see if this bonding can help their survival. The only problem is that these monkeys are not that common and dwell high in the canopy so the chances of receiving several at once are slim; so fingers crossed for the future.
As usual the start of the wet season heralds the first major storms of the year and our trail system suffers with the falling debris from the canopy. Nonetheless our volunteers have been working tirelessly to keep the trails open and at the same time we have started to map them with our GPS. The trail system has always been well signed and marked every 25m but now we have decided to try and be a little more precise and create a completely accurate map on the computer. It is a long job and often only small sections can be advanced at any one time as the trails have a tendency to curve continuously due to the natural contours of the land and major obstacles such as huge immovable trees! Still we have made good steady progress and I hope that the majority of the network will be mapped and logged before the New Year. I will keep you posted!
The pilot farm project continues to prosper and the birth of a baby donkey at Pedro's farm was good news. He now has donkeys, goats and guinea pigs as livestock and coffee planted around his land. A request for flowers next month further encourages us as the locals start to realise the benefits to be had working with us and that we are genuinely serious about improving their standard of living. Our sphere of influence is ever growing and this will only increase with our visit to the Peruvian Ecological Conference in Arequipa. I will report on this event next month along with all the other news from the Peruvian Amazon.
Stuart Timson
1st December, 2007
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Read here. Interesting signing. Benson is a guy who can get the tough yards between the tackles. He's a decent player for sure and I'm a bit surprised he was just floating out there unattached to a team. I'm also surprised we got him for the 1 year veteran minimum ($850,000) and no signing bonus of any kind. I generally like the signing as I think he could add some nice depth/experience. Though I must say, I continue to wonder about why TT and company refuse to look at shiftier/quicker/faster backs. For a long time I wondered if it was because of suspected durability issues – but our bigger backs seem to have frequent injury issues so I don't think so. I'd just like someone who could either make people miss or blow by people for long runs/TDs. Benson's 6 carries for over 20 yards in the last 2 years are a concern – though maybe he might do a bit better working in an offense with an electric passing game. Again though, I'd love to see us work in a fast guy who brings more excitement.
Packers sign Cedric Benson
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Scott W Says:
August 13, 2012 at 12:01 pm |
I'm more intrigued by the Packers signing Benson when Grant is still out there. A known commodity vs an old back who needs a ton of carries to be productive and has a penchant for fumbling. Did Grant kill Ted's dog or what??
DaveK Says:
August 13, 2012 at 2:53 pm |
My hunch is the Packers needed someone to take reps in camp and preseason with Starks missing a few weeks due to his turf toe injury. A vet who is good at pass protection to protect Rodgers during the preseason. Maybe he shows something during preseason and sticks on final roster and considering his production the last few years that wouldn't be completely surprising but I think his signing is due more to needing a reliable back in camp then needing a new starter.
AZWarrior Says:
August 13, 2012 at 4:57 pm |
I read commentary stating his most recent work was with a rookie QB in a run-first offense. It's conceivable that his production will be more efficient with the pass-first Pack. I'm hoping it gives our play-action more cred.
Dave in Tucson Says:
August 14, 2012 at 11:56 am |
The fact that Grant hasn't drawn any attention from other teams suggests to me that there's something more to his situation than is publicly known.
My first guess is that he's got some kind of medical issue, either a new injury, or lingering problems from 2010.
Dave in Tucson Says:
August 16, 2012 at 9:56 pm |
Wow. Preseason or not, this is the ugliest game I've seen the Packers play in a looooooooooooong time 😦
mark Says:
August 16, 2012 at 11:48 pm |
how is he at catching out of the backfield-ive never followed his carrier anyone know?
Travis Says:
August 17, 2012 at 12:00 am |
As far as I know, he is not a receiving back. I think I saw somewhere that he caught just 15 balls last season.
I think the idea of it is, we do want to sort of balance our offense a bit. And I think Starks, Green and Benson may be able to do some good things in the running game together, due to the threat of our passing game. But, we've had a good passing game for a while, and it has never seemed to open up the running game, so who knows.
Regardless, I think the idea to be more balanced stems off that fact that if our passing game struggles in a game or hits a bump in the season, we'll have other options. For example, NFC championship we were struggling to catch the ball, and when we can only rely on the passing game, were in a tough spot to do anything if we can't make the catch.
But for as long as we have Rodgers and the great receiving corps, we will always be a pass heavy team. It would just be nice if we can also do some damage on the ground as well.
Dave in Tucson Says:
August 17, 2012 at 10:14 am |
Right — 15 catches for 82 yards last year. And one career touchdown receiving. So yeah, he doesn't look like a huge threat in the passing game.
mark Says:
August 17, 2012 at 11:26 pm |
thanks- i guess i would have taken a longer look at some more defense if that was an option
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ace Says:
August 18, 2012 at 8:38 am |
Browns moving ball with ease against first team defense and no sign of depth against second and third string of browns-not a good sign. Pass rush? Run blocking? May be better when first units play a half. Pick up colt mccoy and drop harrell.would like to have seen untested Coleman for a series or two. Recognizing the different intent of Mccarthy and shurmur/look at everyone versus establishing stability and continuity/ the pack absolutely stunk.
56Coop Says:
August 19, 2012 at 12:27 pm |
Yes they did stink but for a ppositive it appeared the starting O line did a decent job of protecting Rodgers. Hope they stay healthy because I didn't see much depth.
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Trav Says:
August 21, 2012 at 8:13 am |
Did you start this rumor Andy? This has been your wish for years.
From Jason Cole at Yahoo Sports:
Assuming Flynn/Wilson are healthy after Fri game, expect Tarvaris Jackson to be traded Sat. Many teams interested, inc Miami, GB, Minn, SD.
AZWarrior Says:
August 24, 2012 at 9:57 pm |
Well, Ced was very effective against the Bengals, even catching a pass for ten yards. The word was he wasn't an effective receiver. He looked quite effective to me. It may help that AR was throwing him the ball. If opposing teams try and slow our passing game down with two deep safeties, I forsee lots of production from Cedric. 🙂


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - US citizen want 2 teach in Germany... Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in US citizen want 2 teach in Germany... Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Germany View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message esl4evereverJoined: 20 Nov 2011Posts: 38Location: US Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:25 pm Post subject: US citizen want 2 teach in Germany... Hi Everyone - I need some basic information. Please be nice and no rants or raves. I have attempted to seek employment before in Germany and got quickly turned away. When I spoke to the German consulate the woman said it was impossible to get a work permit. She said the economy is bad in Germany and people make it sound way to easy to get a permit. And she also said a German school would only hire a US citizen if there was no German person around to could fill the position. She said the company that hires a US citizen would have to prove no German person could do the job like the US person they wish to hire. After saying all that... I was also wondering... Is it really impossible for a US citizen to get a job in Germany to teach? Because it seems like they make all students take English classes from the time they are very young. Am I wrong in wondering why there arent German schools begging for teachers from the US? There may be something obvious Im missing in the process. I would love to hear from some individuals in the know. Thank you. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11534Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:02 am Post subject: What the lady at the consulate said is all correct. The economy is suffering, like everywhere else, and language classes are sometimes the first thing businesses cut back on. All EU member countries do indeed have to give preference to first their own citizens, then to other citizens of the EU - that puts you way out in third position. And, yes, the burden of legal proof is on the school which wants to hire a non-EU citizen; that's why qualifications are really necessary here. Yes, German kids learn English from early ages in school, taught by qualified and competent German teachers. It is quite rare for a native English speaker to have a K-12 job anywhere in Europe. I think the 'something' you are missing here is that non-native English speakers can be (and in most of Europe, are) quite competent teachers of the language. University positions are also fairly rare and usually go to teachers with high-level qualifications (related MA +) and who have local connections, reputation, and who speak German at least functionally. The available jobs are by far mostly at private language schools, which send out teachers to businesses to work with adult professionals in their offices. If you come to Germany in the peak hiring period (Sept) on your 90 day time limit as a tourist, you might be able to find a private school that will give you a contract so that you can get a working visa. Your absolute minimum qualifications would be a CELTA or equivalent; best to get it here. I've just noticed from your other posts that you are married to a Mexican national. If that's correct, I think you'd find it very difficult for both of you to get any kind of legal working visa, unless your husband is highly specialized in some area where German workers are lacking. Your getting a work visa is already problematic (though possibly do-able as a freelance teacher), but getting a Mexican husband one would be much more difficult. There are quite a few threads here about this process. You could usefully spend some time reading earlier posts to get an idea of what some Americans working here now have gone through to make it work. So that you know where I get my info, I have worked on the border with Germany for over a decade. I have many colleagues, students, friends, and acquaintances in Germany, and 'my' university has partners there, so I am also there for work from time to time.Last edited by spiral78 on Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:59 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top SashadroogieJoined: 17 Apr 2007Posts: 11061Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:39 am Post subject: What Spiral said. Also, don't forget that the US is not the only source of native speakers in the world. There are plenty born within the borders of the EU itself. On a related note, I have many times also wondered why US schools aren't begging me to come over and teach their learners! Heaven knows they could do with my particular area of expertise! Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:07 pm Post subject: What the others said, with the caveat that I don't thing EU countries are allowed to discriminate in favor of their own citizens, only in favor of EU citizens generally. Sort of like how companies in Massachusetts should try to fill the job with an American, but they don't have to be a New Englander. Sashadroogie wrote: On a related note, I have many times also wondered why US schools aren't begging me to come over and teach their learners! Heaven knows they could do with my particular area of expertise! I don't think America's children need any lessons in binge drinking Sasha. Though I just realized I don't know if you're a smoker. Maybe if you could teach them to chain-smoke like a Turk, we can work something out. Call it a "childhood obesity prevention program." ~Q Back to top SashadroogieJoined: 17 Apr 2007Posts: 11061Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:56 pm Post subject: I'm not a binge-drinker either. More of a permanent condition with me throughout most of the day. I mean, only boring people put milk on their cornflakes. In any case, I feel I have something more to offer the youth of America. Now that you've re-elected your first ever Kremlin-backed president and are well on the way to nationalising your healthcare system, I spot the need for classes in Dialectical-Materialism. Currently this area is woefully neglected on US campuses. I may have to dumb things down considerably by way of introduction. Childhood obesity can be tackled by regular stints in Pioneer camps. I'll have to set them up too. All there seems to be are something called 'summer camp'. Nowhere near the same. Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11534Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject: OP has a history of posting questions and then never responding if the answers aren't favourable....sometimes I wonder why we bother.... Oh, well, maybe it'll be useful info for someone else. Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:39 pm Post subject: There's a lot of that behaviour on this forum: posting questions and then never bothering to come back to acknowledge the time and effort it takes to answer those questions effectively and accurately, or coming back only to ask more and more questions. Reading relevant threads first before posting a question would also be advisable. There's not a lot of evidence of those who go to Germany returning the favour by coming back to post current information of their work/ visa experiences. This would be really useful to other posters/ readers. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject: You are not giving the OP the answer that it wants. You have made it unhappy so it has gone away. This behaviour has been reported to the National Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to OPs.Last edited by scot47 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:46 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11534Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:42 am Post subject: I'm on their ten most wanted lists, for sure. Back to top esl4evereverJoined: 20 Nov 2011Posts: 38Location: US Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:58 pm Post subject: I will start by saying I work many hours. Thank you for the information. 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It's worth noting that Dracul, the god of death, hates this glyph and will deduct 5 piety every time you use it. This is unfortunate since he otherwise works very well with it. It's entirely possible to worship Dracul and then convert out to use this glyph, but otherwise only the Paladin can effectively make use of this combo.
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The Revenge of Winter
Here is something that has plagued me for a while;
Next to that dormer is a chimney that I have to add about 10 feet to. The box gutter is shot and that piece of plywood is to support my weight when I have to stand on that ledge to tar the roof in that area every year until I replace the slate. The water that runs off gets sucked up by the brick and is the reason why my bathroom wall is damp and peeling and also the cause of that ceiling mushroom that I showed you several months back. Well, this has caused another problem now. Below this area is a stairway to the basement that isn't covered with a cellar storm door. The doorway is boarded up and the side walls have bulged for years due to the heaving of the ground due to freezing and thawing in the winter. Not any more though. Today they looked like this;
Now isn't that special?


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We were so blown away by the final collection at the Academy of Art Graduate Fashion Show that we just had to share. The Fashion and Jewelry Design Collaboration produced by three Fine Art Sculpture and six Fashion Design students, was a fantastical mix that we think is best described as alien fairy with a dash of Toy Story mutant toy. From the metal flowers sprouting out of the tulle 'fur' coat to the sculptural wires suspending layers of a goddess gown in mid-air, the collection was without-a-doubt inspiring and the Academy continues to make fashion aficionados such as ourselves proud to call San Francisco home.
See more from the AAU fashion show.


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While working with Microsoft BI projects, I am often required to deliver the visualizations through SharePoint. On my current project, I have a SharePoint 2010 development environment on Windows 7 that has SharePoint and all the SQL Server services running. Last week I was preparing to demo our progress when the site became unresponsive. The demo site had the wonderfully descriptive message: "An unexpected error has occurred." So, I attempted to open the management console but that page could not be found (404 error). I turned on the expanded error messaging by modifying the web.config file and checked the log files. The errors pointed to the inability to connect to a database. Upon further investigation I discovered that three of our databases went suspect including the admin and content databases.
At this point, I proceeded to try to restore my full SharePoint backup. Which works in all situations except for recovering the admin database. Based on the online resources, this is to be expected. After conferring with the coworkers, I was able to determine that the admin database was unrecoverable and the best bet was a reinstall of SharePoint. After working through some options I was able to get the site back up and running without recreating the entire solution. The rest of the blog walks through the recovery scenario and calls out the nuances of having BI components as part of the content.
First, the SharePoint Farm must be Farm backed up. I did this through the Central Administration console.
Reinstalling SharePoint
The next step involves uninstalling SharePoint. I did this by running Setup and choosing the Remove Option. (The Repair option did not work.) Once I had SharePoint uninstalled, I proceeded to reinstall it. After SharePoint was installed, I ran the Configuration wizard. This step recreated the Admin database. Once this was complete, I verified that the starter site and the Central Administration site were operational.
Recovering the Farm
You can recover the farm from either the Central Administration site or by using PowerShell. In this case, I used Central Administration as it is easier to select and understand the options.
I first browsed to the Backup and Restore menu page. From this page, I selected the "Restore from a backup" option under the Farm Backup and Restore header.
NOTE: In order to run the backup or restore farm functions, the Administration service must be running. If it is not running, start it in the Windows Services console.
There are three pages or steps to recovering the backup.
Step 1. Select the backup to restore.
Step 2. Select the components to restore.
For my purposes, I selected the Farm option which restores all of the options to the farm from the backup.
Step 3. Select Restore Options.
The first two selections are the most important. I selected the "Restore content and configuration" and "Same configuration". This uses the same application and site names for the full restore of your site. The "New configuration" option would have required me to rename all of the applications and services I needed to restore. There were a lot of applications and services to rename which I chose not to do.
When I restored at both the client and on my personal development environments I needed to remove the following services before running the restore:
- Application Registry Service
- Web Analytics Service Application
- User Profile Service Application
- Search Service Application.
When I did not remove these, my restore failed due to duplicate names. You may run into a similar issue, so removing them before the restore is easiest. These applications and services should be removed from the Central Administration site. Once these services are removed, run the restore.
Bringing BI Back Online
At this point, my site would have been operational except I had a Reporting Services webpart on the homepage of my site. Because of that I saw an error below.
As the error message notes, the issue is with the Reporting Services webpart. The issue is that the full restore did not restore the Reporting Services integration. The integration needed to be redone manually.
Once Reporting Services was reintegrated I was able to open the site. However, neither the Reporting Services or PerformancePoint webparts were working.
These issues are primarily security related. To fix the Reporting Services issue, I openend the data source and reset the credentials. Once reestablished, the report webpart came back online.
To resolve the PerformancePoint issue, I first went to Central Administration to refresh the Secure Store Service key. I was able to use my passphrase refresh the key. (NOTE: if necessary you can create a new key.) Next, I went in to the PerformancePoint Service Application settings and reset the unattended service account.
Once these steps are complete, the site was fully restored. While the full backup is extremely useful for site failures it will not recover all of the BI components and as such feels very incomplete. I hope this saves someone some time later.


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The glass sizes are not terribly large, and most of the prices are a little higher than expected. While there is an upstairs, you'll want to stay as close to the bar as possible, because chances are you'll be finishing your drink pretty quickly.
However, what makes up for these things is the sheer taste present in every glass you order. It's hard to go wrong with their menu, as a sip of any given libation is infused with more flavor than anything you'll find at your local grocery or liquor store.
Pairing the beers with their house fries is a no brainer, as the frites are the perfect compliment to pretty much anything on tap. This, along with the appropriately dim lighting and conservative size of the establishment, make for a tremendously enjoyable experience that is evocative of a chilly night in Belgium spent indoors.
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If you're looking to truly enjoy what you're drinking, and don't mind snuggling up to your neighbor, make sure to check out Vol De Nuit.
Vol de Nuit
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NEW YORK – The Vancouver Whitcaps made Michael Boxall the first pick of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft on Wednesday. The defender from UC Santa Barbara participated in the Player Combine held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last week.
Boxall was one of two New Zealanders taken with the first three picks. The LA Galaxy drafted midfielder Daniel Keat, another Combine player who was previously signed to an MLS contract. Bruce Arena's team also took Dax McCarty's younger brother, Dustin McCarty, as well as a goalkeeper -- West Virginia's Zach Johnson.
In addition to Johnson there were seven goalkeepers taken in the Supplemental Draft, including the remaining netminders who participated in the Player Combine but went unselected in the SuperDraft. Most MLS teams are expected to feature three goalkeepers on their 30-man expanded rosters in 2011.
Another famous sibling was selected by Vancouver with the first pick of the third round. Santiago Bedoya, brother of US national team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya, was selected by the Whitecaps from Northeastern University. JC Banks, son of 1990 US World Cup defender Jimmy Banks, was drafted by Toronto FC.
There were a few lesser known college that were on the FC Dallas radar. Schellas Hyndman and Barry Gorman had picks from Embry Riddle University (Alexis Pradie, 15th overall) and Schoolcraft College (Paul Ogunyemi, 17th overall). Toronto FC also selected midfielder Scott Rojo from High Point University and Irishman Steven Beattie, who featured in the Player Combine and played for Division II school Northern Kentucky.
The University of South Carolina and University of California-Irvine led the way with three selections in the Supplemental Draft.
The 2011 Supplemental Draft consisted of three rounds, with Vancouver holding the top pick in each round. The Whitecaps also made Omar Salgado the first pick of the 2011 SuperDraft last Thursday in Baltimore ahead of their first season in the league.
1st Round
1. Vancouver Whitecaps - DF Michael Boxall (UC-Santa Barbara)
2. Portland Timbers - FW Spencer Thompson (UC-Irvine)
3. LA Galaxy - MF Daniel Keat (Dartmouth)
4. NY Red Bulls - GK Jimmy Maurer (South Carolina)
5. Philadelphia Union - FW Ryan Richter (LaSalle)
6. New England - DF/MF Hunter Christiansen (Tulsa)
7. Houston - GK Evan Newton (Old Dominion)
8. Toronto FC - MF/FW Jimmy Banks (UW-Green Bay)
9. Chicago FIre - FW Amani Walker (UC-Irvine)
10. Sporting KC - MF Sam Scales (Ohio State University)
11. Seattle Sounders - GK Josh Ford (Connecticut)
12. Portland Timbers - DF/MF Robbie Lynch (Evansville)
13. Toronto FC - MF/FW Steven Beattie (Northern Kentucky University)
14. Real Salt Lake - GK Jeff Attinella (Univ. South Florida)
15. FC Dallas - DF Alexis Pradie (Embry Riddle University)
16. Los Angeles Galaxy - DF Ryan Thomas (Stanford Univ.)
17. FC Dallas - Paul "Bim" Ogunyemi (Schoolcraft College)
18. FC Dallas - MF Brayan Martinez (Seton Hall University)
2nd Round
1. Vancouver Whitecaps - MF Joe Anderson (Coastal Carolina)
2. Portland Timbers - FW Raymundo Reza (San Diego State)
3. D.C. United- MF/FW Blake Brettschneider (South Carolina)
4. Chivas USA - MF Ernesto Carranza (Sacramento State)
5. Philadephia - DF Josh Walburn (Princeton)
6. New England - MF Fernando Cabadas (Sacramento State)
7. Houston Dynamo - MF Sergio Castillo (Creighton)
8. Toronto FC - MF Spencer Thompson (Michigan State)
9. Chicago Fire - MF Yannick Salmon (Rutgers)
10. Sporting KC - DF Mike Jones (Southern Illinois-Evansville)
11. Seattle Sounders - DF Corey Attaway (UC-Irvine)
12. Columbus Crew - MF Ben Sippola (Butler)
13. New York Red Bulls - DF Teddy Schneider (Princeton)
14. Real Salt Lake - MF Andrew Cost (Penn State)
15. San Jose Earthquakes - GK Phillip Tuttle (Notre Dame)
16. Los Angeles Galaxy - MF Dustin McCarty (North Carolina)
17. FC Dallas - MF Ariel Osorio (Southern Methodist)
18. Colorado Rapids - FW Phil Bannister (Loyola Maryland)
3rd Round
1. Vancouver Whitecaps - DF Santiago Bedoya (Northeastern University)
2. Portland - DF Taylor Mueller (Univ. of Washington)
3. DC United - PASS
4. Chivas USA - DF Curtis Ushedo (Univ. Alabama-Birmingham)
5. Philadelphia Union - MF Matthew Marcin (Providence)
6. New England - MF Andrew Sousa (Providence)
7. Houston Dynamo - PASS
8. Toronto FC - MF Scott Rojo (High Point Univ.)
9. Chicago Fire - FW Sam Arthur (South Carolina)
10. Sporting Kansas City - MF Michal Mravec (Univ. Alabama-Birmingham)
11. Seattle Sounders - MF Sean Morris (Seattle University)
12. Columbus Crew - MF/FW Andy Adlard (Indiana)
13. New York Red Bulls - PASS
14. Real Salt Lake - FW Nick Love (Gonzaga)
15. San Jose Earthquakes - D Victor Cortez (Univ. of San Francisco)
16. Los Angeles Galaxy - GK Zach Johnson (West Virginia)
17. FC Dallas - GK Craig Hill (Southern Methodist)
18. Colorado Rapids - D Javed Mohammed (Univ. of South Florida)


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Smooth Quiet Operation
Fully Contoured Powder-Coated Aluminum Frame with Narrow Stiles and Tight-Sealing Weatherstrip
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CRL POWR-Sliders offer the discriminating truck owner push button convenience that lets you open or close your rear slider with a simple touch of a dash-mounted switch.
No need to take your eyes off the road, or fumble with a latch behind your head, just touch the switch and POWR-Slider opens of closes quietly.
Color: Solar Glass
Years, Make and Model: 1993-1998 All Toyota T100 Cabs
Installation Type: Gasket
NAGS Number: FY95025PK4
Frame Measurements: Width 58-3/8 inches (1483 mm); Height 14-7/8 inches (378 mm).
Additional Product Information:
POWR-Slider is designed to integrate beautifully with today's luxurious truck cab interiors, as if it were original equipment. The black finish aluminum frame fully surrounds dark tinted glass, and fits in the rear window opening without modifications to the cab interior.
Important Note:
All CRL gasket-set truck sliders will fit OEM style backglass gaskets.
If an OEM style slider is to be replaced, a new gasket may be required.


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These days a whole lot of American women are going around in workout togs. I'm talkin' T-shirts and yoga pants, which, let's tell the truth, are about one-half step above PJs. So how is it that in this first week of true autumn we're once again thinking heels and hemlines?
These days a whole lot of American women are going around in workout togs. I'm talkin' T-shirts and yoga pants, which, let's tell the truth, are about one-half step above PJs.
So how is it that in this first week of true autumn we're once again thinking heels and hemlines?
"What DOES this to us?" you find yourself wondering as you flip through the heavy satin pages of Vogue or Glamour. Is it the sheer power of marketing, or is it something deeper?
Maybe it comes from our time back on the African savannah when, like any mammal, the male of our species preened and paraded in hopes of convincing the female to try on his genes. Maybe it comes from that deeply encoded prompting that had the female striking a suitably still and receptive pose to show how fit a repository she was for his DNA.
I just saw "The September Issue," the recently released documentary film about fashion in general and Vogue magazine in particular, in which editor-in-chief Anna Wintour plays herself.
"September is the January of fashion," purrs one Vogue executive in such a platinum card hoity-toity voice she makes Julie Child sound like Rosie Perez.
What she means is that in autumn, it all starts again for us ladies. Out with the flip-flops and in with the pointy-toed boots.
The September issue of Vogue is always the year's fattest, crammed with a zillion photos of young women who do in fact look very much like exotic primates caught in stop-action, standing still and aquiver in the forest.
Here are the feathers and the fur, the leather and the vinyl, the hats that look like miniature version of the Alamo perched atop the flimsy skulls of these vacant-eyed waifs.
In one of the movie's best scenes, model Raquel Zimmerman poses with just such an immense hat sitting on a perfect geometry problem of triangular-shaped hair. As the cameras click away, she strikes poses that makes her look every inch the expressionless doll, every inch the empty canvas awaiting that spurt of male paint – until the crew decides to take five and she dives with a gleeful smile into a mini cherry pie, hairdo and $10,000 dress be damned.
Maybe THAT's what we want to see in the world: the frail and human person behind the mask. The young Princess Diana falling asleep on the stage. The elder Bush fainting at the state dinner. Anyway I had never been to a movie where there was so much steady commentary on the part of the audience and especially on the actions of Snow Queen Boss Anna.
She is perfection to look at, impeccably coiffed and dressed, with just enough blush and these cutely prominent teeth that when she does finally smile make her look like an older version of Lisa Kudrow from "Friends."
The only fly in the ointment is … well, she seems a little shallow.
Her greatest strength, an off-camera interviewer asks. "Decisiveness" she says.
Her greatness weakness? "My children," she answers, which isn't what that question is getting at. The thing she would most like to improve? "My backhand."
I wasn't in a big metropolitan area viewing this film with some hip and snarky audience. I was in a suburban theatre at 8 o'clock on a school night with regular people who literally groaned - just groaned - at this response.
So maybe we're growing a soul at last, beginning to finally know what matters - and we ladies will be allowed to hold on to those workout togs after all!
Write to Terry at terrymarotta@verixon,.net or c/o Ravenscroft Press, P.O. Box 270, Winchester, MA 01890, or watch some of the movie on her blog Exit Only at www.terrymarotta.wordpress.com.


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DISCOVERY CHANNEL SHIFTS INTO HIGH GEAR WITH "ONE CAR TOO FAR" PREMIERING ON AUGUST 19 at 9PM ET/PT
Five Part Series Marks the First Discovery Networks International Originated Co-Produced Series with Discovery Channel
Meet survival's odd couple and strap in for a rescue mission like no other with ONE CAR TOO FAR, premiering Sunday, August 19th at 9PM ET/PT. The all-new five part series, the first Discovery Networks International originated co-produced series with Discovery Channel, follows former British Special Forces soldier Gary Humphrey and Southern California-based car fanatic and problem solver Bill Wu as they enter remote locations in Chile and work together to recover a four wheel drive vehicle that has been flown in and dropped into locations where no car has gone before. They're given a tracker to find the car, and once they do, the adventure begins.
Over the course of three days, Gary and Bill employ unusual survival techniques and quirky mechanical tricks to achieve their main objective: return the car to civilization! Each episode of ONE CAR TOO FAR features a different climate in Chile, a country that hosts at least seven major climatic subtypes, including desert, alpine tundra, humid subtropical, oceanic, and Mediterranean. While the climates change in each episode, the one constant is the vehicle they must return to safety - a red all terrain jeep.
Teamwork is crucial as Bill's abilities to work with and maneuver the car through plethora environments are coupled with Gary's survival skills acquired after 17 years serving in the Royal Marines and the Special Forces. Together they transform the car into an all-purpose vehicle to get them over, under, around, and through just about any obstacle on the road back to safety. In addition to rescuing the car, Bill and Gary must also survive in harsh climates, and they use a range of techniques to do so, including taking ordinary parts from the car to create hunting weapons. With no real supplies, instinct and expertise take the front seat each week. ONE CAR TOO FAR ends each week with a spectacular do-or-die car challenge that requires conspicuous survival skills and supreme mechanical talent.
Throughout his time in the armed forces, Gary Humphrey honed his survival skills in every imaginable environment - from the Arctic, to jungles, to the desert. Bill Wu is a life-long car fanatic and has a penchant for car collecting and racing; his high-octane lifestyle suits his extremely high energy, upbeat personality. Bill prides himself on thinking far outside the box when it comes to solving even the most outrageous and complex mechanical problems.
ONE CAR TOO FAR is produced with Discovery Channel by Discovery Networks International with David Pritikin serving as Executive Producer for Discovery Channel. Sarah T. Davies is Executive Producer for Discovery Networks International, with Sarah Swingler and Sanjay Singhal executive producing for Dragonfly.


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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick met Michelle Obama today and got her to take a photo with him "Kaepernicking."
Kaepernicking, which became a meme, is when Colin Kaepernick kisses his bicep after he scores a touchdown on the field.
Kaepernick's photo caption on Instagram read:
"I got the opportunity to meet one of the greatest women in the world, the first lady @first_Obama and even got her #Kaepernicking"
And here's a photo of Kaepernick "#Kaepernicking" in his natural habitat:


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I thought it would be useful to list all of the common suggestions here, similar to the common bugs thread. Please point out any common suggestions that you see re-occuring throughout the forum and a link to the main thread discussing the topic. This is for common suggestions, not just if you have a suggestion of your own to point out. Please make a separate thread for those and post it in here when it gathers some support (it doesn't need to be unanimous).
New Hero ideas
Geomantic Sorceress
Hero ideas with out name: Thread 1, Thread 2,
Balance Discussion
Earth spirit
Ember Spirit
Matchmaking / Game Selection
Have ability to play a rematch after a public mm game
Have a ladder, leagues, etc.
Make the Accept button stand out (different color, etc)
Suspend MM search, when on loading screen of Live Games/Replays
Allow for custom in-house group matchmaking
more control / options / preferences in Matchmaking
Let players decide there search range
Return Solo Queue?
Import MID ONLY mode to find match
Ranked Matchmaking/selection:
Ranked MMR distribution page
Remove random for All pick in RMM
New mode: All Ban
New mode: All Draft
New mode: Blind pick
Hero Picking
Let allies see SD hero choices + vote
Put colored boxes around allies SD options
Make hero swap box smaller
Coaching system
Coaches shouldn't need to accept Match Making
COACH MODE for PRACTICE WITH BOTS
In-Game (General)
Mana bars above enemy heroes [closed for debate - enough opinions already]
Concede/Forfeit Feature [closed for debate - enough opinions already]
Improve the "game is paused" window
Change the color of skill-based illusions according to hero color scheme
Move the default Dire courier position
Allow us to lock courier usage(like in dota1)
Make "Who Killed You" fade away eventually
Reply to steam conversations through game chat "/reply"
Whisper/Tell to other players (or steam friends) through game chat
Hide creeps and neutrals health bar when it's at full health
Make the lowest health bars always on the top layer
Make pressing "H" twice prevent you from doing any auto-action
Notify allies of who activated glyph of fortification
Add the Patrol command to the game
Limit the number of couriers a person/team can purchase
Courier house with other extra functionality
Be able to see which ally placed a ward by clicking/hovering over it*added?*
Show a true-sight icon over allies that have a gem
Be able to watch a replay of your death while dead
Be able to vote to kick your allies
Pinging an enemy hero puts a marker on them visible to allies
Make hero level bigger when hovering over heroes
Include wards in "select all units"
Show game highlights at end of game
Add more stats like attack speed and movement speed to towers and creeps
Allow Bottle to be usable on allies
Suggestions to prevent Item Destruction, Stealing and Hiding
Show difficulty on map and mini-map of neutral camps
Make chat wheel targetable and context sensitive
alt + click on Clock suggestion
Change in game notice to be more accurate


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I am off to CHA is less than 24 hours! I catch a flight out tomorrow afternoon to Chicago to meet up with everyone. I have so much to do to get ready and it's already midnight...ugh!
No worries though-I always manage to get everything done before I leave. I also had to get Jack ready to leave for Camp, which meant running around to 10 different places to get what he needed.
I just wanted to share another project with you before I leave. It's another crown for the Prima booth. I swear-these are so much fun to make! And to wear too! I created the base from Prima packaging. I used Glimmer Mist on the background and then dry brushed gold paint over the surface.
I added German glitter glass to some leaves and placed them over some velvet leaves I had in my stash. The temple leaves really pull it together in the front with a gorgeous new bloom from Prima.
I habd painted a bunch of the flowers you see in blue. And then I added some rich color to some neutral flowers that matched.
Anything goes when making one of these. It can be any color combination, all kinds of textures can be added and just when you think you're done-add a little more for flair!
Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back after CHA with more projects and stories to share!
xoxo CAri


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Facet Jewelry Sterling Silver Claddagh Celtic Ring $69.95
So Good Together Ladies Sterling Silver Claddagh and Celtic Ring. Available in all sizes from 4 to 9 including half sizes.
Sterling Silver ladies Claddagh and Celtic Ring is hand made in Ireland by Facet Ltd. Claddagh rings are given or received as a token of love or affection.
The three main components i.e. the heart hands and crown stand for Love (heart) Friendship (hands) and Loyalty (Crown).


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This week, the campaign of Congressman Howard Berman sent out an email with the startling news that its regular attack email against his opponent, Congressman Brad Sherman, would come out a day late.
Oh, yes, this is election reform at work, people. California abolished party primaries, and instituted a "top two", two-round system of elections that has given us the spectacle of Berman running against Sherman in two straight races -- one back in June (won by Sherman) and the next in November.
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These two men are so similar in views that both campaigns are seeking to distinguish them via personal boasting and personal attacks. And as the campaign goes on, the personal back-and-forth is drawing more and more people into the campaign.
The latest to take the leap into the muck was Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts.
He had previously endorsed his colleague Berman over his colleague Sherman, quietly. But Frank declared in a Tuesday conference call that, upon hearing a Sherman boast about his role in opposing and shaping the TARP program that was used to bail out financial institutions, he had to come forward -- and launch a blistering personal attack on his other colleague Sherman.
The gist of that attack was that Sherman is a showboating, irresponsible, less-than-collegial colleague who is uninterested in substance. Berman, by contrast, is a serious, responsible, sober colleague. Showhorse vs. Workhorse.
Sherman's campaign predictably responded by reiterating that the Congressman had opposed TARP and shaped the policy -- an argument that essentially portrays Sherman as an outsider challenging the establishment, and Berman as an insider.
Who is right in this exchange? There's truth in the criticism of both. But the real answer to the question of who is right is: who cares? No matter who wins, the San Fernando Valley will be represented by a moderate Democrat. One might bring a little more policymaking heft, the other more of a bully pulpit.
It's hard to imagine anyone being at all scared about the victory or defeat of either man. The only real danger of damage is from a campaign that's taking away time and money from... well, things that matter.
One of these guys could do his party a favor by dropping out. Indeed, the first to quit might end up more popular than the person who wins the seat -- for providing the public service of ending this silliness.
Can we really take another three months of this sort of election?
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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