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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
You might remember my Best of the Blogs post
back in February of this year. The blog post provided a link to all of
the SQL Server MVP blogs that I was aware of at the time and, through
the comments, many more were added. I'm fairly sure that you can find
almost any good SQL Server MVP on that roll.
However, this got me
wondering if there was anything similar on the Microsoft side of the
community. Most of us, by now, know about the fantastic resources
available from the SQLCAT team. And if you care at all about SQL Server, then you're probably also reading the SQL Server PSS Escalation Engineers' blog.
But what else is there? Do each of the major components within SQL
Server have a representative team blog? While I'm not sure about that
last question, I think you'll be very pleased to take a look at the Microsoft SQL Server Team blogs
shown on the MSDN SQL Server Developer Center. I know it does include
all extant SQL Server team blogs or personal Microsoftee blogs (Bill
Ramos, do you hear me?!), but it's a great place to start.
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Thanks Kavin... Its a great list.
Where is the manual 'Guide to Distributive Transaction Coordinator' located at?
Is that a rhetorical questions? I don't have any authority or ability to write entries on the Microsoft SQL Server Team blogs page. So I can't say why that entry isn't on the page, except that DTC is now a seldom-used feature.
However, a quick Google search on the string 'Guide to Distributive Transaction Coordinator' found several excellent documents on MSDN. Why don't you Google or Bing it yourself?
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Great list for SQL Server, thanks!
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Sikorsky unveils its new King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter
By RICHARD LEE | The Advocate, Stamford, Conn. | Published: May 6, 2014
STAMFORD, Conn. — It doesn't look much different than its predecessor, but when Marine Corps pilots get their hands on the controls of Sikorsky's new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter, they will quickly realize the aircraft is more powerful and can do more than the CH-53E they currently fly.
Dignitaries on Monday got their first look at Stratford-based Sikorsky's newest military helicopter during a ceremony at the company's development flight center in Jupiter, Fla.
The CH-53K, called the King Stallion, is an all-new aircraft -- not a mere upgrade of the CH-53E Super Stallions, Sikorsky officials said -- although they look similar. The new helicopter, which will be ready for Marine use in 2019, is equipped with three new, 7,500 horsepower GE Aviation T408 engines that provide 57 percent more power than the CH-53E but about 20 percent lower fuel consumption, according to Sikorsky.
The Marine Corps wanted a new aircraft which would fit the amphibious ships that transport the CH-53E -- along with troops and supplies -- to battle zones. The Marines are getting an aircraft that will lift more than three times the load (by external sling) than the CH-53E, Sikorsky officials said.
The CH-53K is one of the first all-digitally designed helicopters, according to Sikorsky, enabling the company to assemble the aircraft inside a 3-D virtual reality lab at its headquarters before prototype production began.
"The rollout of the CH-53K helicopter introduces a new era in Marine Corps aviation and is an exciting milestone in our company's 91-year history," Sikorsky President Mick Maurer said in a statement. "The CH-53K aircraft will effectively triple the external load carrying capacity of the CH-53E aircraft -- to more than 27,000 pounds over a mission radius of 110 nautical miles. With its 88,000-pound maximum gross weight, powerful new engines, lightweight composite structure, new rotor blades and fly-by-wire flight controls, the CH-53K will have the means to move troops and equipment from ship to shore, and to higher altitude terrain, more quickly and effectively than ever before."
The design of the helicopter made use of digital-design technology, Maurer said.
"Our `build before you build' approach allowed our engineers to work `inside' the helicopter, to verify assembly designs and correct issues long before discovery and expensive rework on the assembly line," he said.
The Navy intends to order 200 CH-53Ks for the Marines, replacing over time the CH-53E fleet that Sikorsky built and delivered in the 1980s. The CH-53E does not meet the need to transport more supplies from ship to shore and to higher altitude, according to Sikorsky, a division of Hartford-based United Technologies.
A $3.5 billion system development and demonstration contract awarded to Sikorsky in April 2006 called for four test flight aircraft with the first to fly in late 2014 with the second to be unveiled Monday. The other two are nearing completion.
In June 2013, the Navy ordered four additional aircraft to the SDD contract. To be delivered by 2017, the aircraft will enable the Marines to flight-test the CH-53K's ability to perform a mission, according to Sikorsky.
Sikorsky began full system testing of the CH-53K in April.
The CH-53E needs to be replaced as the military demands a more powerful heavy helicopter, said Douglas Royce, an aerospace and defense analyst with Forecast International in Newtown.
"It's going to have a fairly long test period," Royce said. "There will be a low rate of production at first. They'll be produced through 2028, but a lot depends on funding. It's $62 million for one helicopter."
Israel is a possible customer, as are Japan and Germany, he said.


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You have the right to your own mental order. You need not be ashamed of anything you think or any way you think.
Performing, advocating or threatening harm to others are the only crimes.
Harm is deliberate inequality.
In the last few days I became strongly concerned about a political issue. I cared so strongly about that issue that I contacted the leaders of Canada's federal political parties, including the Canadian Prime Minister and my provincial political parties, including the Premier of my province. I cared so much about this issue I revealed personal information regarding something that is not understood by society, those entrusted with its care or the leaders I contacted.
There is a large community that does understand what I revealed. I spoke out to protect them. I spoke out for a group that was executed by the Nazis to no one's protest. No movies are made about their disappearance. They were among the first to die.
I want the rights of these people protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms–the Canadian Constitution. Nothing less.
I don't think there is a leader among us up to it.
We have to help ourselves.
I take comfort in the words of Aristotle: "Evil destroys even itself" and "All virtue is summed up in dealing justly."


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Fucking, Austria
The frequently stolen traffic sign[1] at the entrance to the village of Fucking.
|Coordinates: 48°04′02″N 12°51′49″E / 48.06722°N 12.86361°ECoordinates: 48°04′02″N 12°51′49″E / 48.06722°N 12.86361°E
|Upper Austria
|Named for
|6th century nobleman named Focko
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|Time zone
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5121 Tarsdorf
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Fucking (German: [ˈfʊkɪŋ] (listen)) is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, and is 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the Inn river, which forms part of the German border.
Despite having a population of only 104 in 2005, the village has drawn attention in the English-speaking world for its place-name, which is spelled the same as an inflected form of the profane English-language verb "fuck".[2][3] Its road signs are a popular visitor attraction, and they were often stolen by souvenir-hunting vandals until 2005, when the signs were modified to be theft-resistant.
It is believed that the settlement was founded in the 6th century AD by Focko, a Bavarian nobleman. The Austrian region during this century was mostly under the domain of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths, and was populated by a mix of Christians and Pagans. The existence of the village was documented for the first time in 1070, and historical records show that some twenty years later, the lord was recorded in Latin as Adalpertus de Fucingin. The spelling of the name has evolved over the years; it is first recorded in historical sources with the spelling as Vucchingen in 1070, Fukching in 1303,[4] Fugkhing in 1532, and in the modern spelling Fucking in the 18th century,[5] which is pronounced with the vowel oo as in book.[6] The ending -ing is an old Germanic suffix indicating the people belonging to the root word to which it is attached, thus Fucking means "(place of) Focko's people."[7]
The Austrian census of 2020 recorded that the village had a population of 106.[8] The Age reported in 2005 that it had 104 people and 32 houses.[5]
Fucking is most famous for its four traffic signs with its name on them, beside which tourists stop to have their photograph taken, owing to the profane English word with the same spelling.[9]
British and American soldiers based in nearby Salzburg noticed the name after World War II, and began to travel to the village to have their photos taken beside the signs while striking various poses. The local residents, the Fuckingers, were considerably bemused, as they had not previously been aware of the meaning of their village's name when read as English.[5] Since then, the number of visitors to Fucking has increased, with the occasional visit by a tour bus.[6]
Popularity and notoriety
The village is especially popular with British tourists; as a local tour guide explained: "The Germans all want to see Mozart's house in Salzburg; the Americans want to see where The Sound of Music was filmed; the Japanese want Hitler's birthplace in Braunau; but for the British, it's all about Fucking."[10] Augustina Lindlbauer, the manager of an area guesthouse, noted that the area had lakes, forests, and vistas worth visiting, but there was an "obsession with Fucking". Lindlbauer recalled how she had to explain to a British female tourist "that there were no Fucking postcards."[11]
The road signs were commonly stolen as souvenirs[9]—the only crime which has been reported in the village.[6] It cost some 300 euros to replace each stolen sign, and the costs were reflected in the taxes that local residents pay.[5] In 2004, owing mainly to the stolen signs, a vote was held on changing the village's name, but the residents voted against doing so.[7] Tarsdorf municipality's mayor Siegfried Höppl stated that it was decided to keep the name as it had existed for 800 years,[7] and further stated that "[e]veryone here knows what it means in English, but for us Fucking is Fucking—and it's going to stay Fucking."[12]
After a spate of thefts, which included the theft of all four signs in one night, and a total of fifteen over a period of several years, in August 2005 the road signs were replaced with theft-resistant ones, welded to steel and secured in concrete to prevent theft.[5] Mayor Höppl said that officials were fed up with English-speaking tourists stealing the signs, and noted that with the newly installed signs it would take all night to steal one. Höppl said that tourists, and the money they bring to the area, were welcome, but locals were sick of replacing the road signs.[1][13] Commander Schmitzberger, the local police chief, also hinted at other avenues to stop what he calls "foreign criminals" from disturbing order in the village. Regarding these "other avenues", Schmitzberger stated, "[w]hat they are, I am not at liberty to disclose, but we will not stand for the Fucking signs being removed. It may be very amusing for you British, but Fucking is simply Fucking to us. What is this big Fucking joke? It is puerile."[6][14]
A resident of the village, Josef Winkler, attempted to cash in on the village's fame by setting up a website on which he sold T-shirts featuring the village road signs, with the slogan "I like Fucking in Austria" printed on them. According to Winkler, they were selling well, and he was in negotiations with Maxim regarding possible promotions, but was forced to stop his venture after being shouted at and threatened in the street. Winkler said, "It was a bit of fun that didn't hurt anyone, but I found out that in this region you just can't do something like that. The whole thing became a real trial for me and I had to stop. People are very traditional here."[6]
In July 2009, it was announced that the village would install CCTV cameras in an attempt to deter summertime tourists from filming themselves having sexual intercourse in front of the Fucking signs. A resident of the village said that installing cameras around the village may make tourists think twice and instead choose only to have a photograph taken in front of the sign.[15] Mayor Franz Meindl states: "We don't find it funny. We just want to be left alone. We don't harm anyone and just want to live in peace." and added that he would prefer not to see the village featured in the press any more.[16]
In 2009, the European Union's OHIM trademarks agency forbade a German brewery to market a beer called "Fucking Hell". It appealed, and was granted permission in January 2010 to market the beer.[17] It claims the beer is named after the Austrian village Fucking and the German term for pale lager, Hell.[18]
The similarity between Fucking and "fucking" has also resulted in the village being the butt of jokes in popular media. The Grand Tour featured the town in the 2017 episode "[censored] to [censored]", as part of a road trip throughout a number of towns in Europe whose names are similar to English-language vocabulary for sexual and romantic activity.[19] In 2019, Norwegian broadcasting company NRK Sport produced a comedic tourism video on Fucking. Released on YouTube, the video consists of reporter and former Melodi Grand Prix Junior presenter Nicolay Ramm both advertising the village's attractions and listing off a large number of double entendres based around its name.[20]
False rumours of name change
Rumours spread through international news media in April 2012 that villagers had been thinking about changing the name of the village or had actually voted to change it. The satirical website The Spoof! published a story on 18 April 2012 saying that the villagers were fed up and wanted to change the name.[21] This minor satire was expanded upon and appeared on the same day in the Daily Mirror newspaper[22] and elsewhere during the following week as a genuine news item, and was repeated by The Guardian and The Huffington Post, who reported that a vote had taken place to change the name to Fugging, but it was discovered that a village with that name already existed in the municipality of Obritzberg-Rust just west of Herzogenburg.[23][24] The mayor of Fucking denied these rumours when contacted.[25]
See also
- ^ a b "F***ing signs now theft-proof". Ananova. Archived from the original on 30 September 2005. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
The Austrian town of F***ing has erected theft-proof road signs embedded in concrete blocks. Officials acted because they were fed up with English-speaking tourists stealing them as souvenirs.
- ^ Parker, Quentin (18 July 2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-4405-0739-7.
- ^ (Firm), Lonely Planet Publications (2009). 1000 Ultimate Experiences. Lonely Planet. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-74179-945-3.
- ^ Etz, Albrecht (1971). Die Siedlungsnamen des Innviertels als lauthistorische Quellen. Volume 53 of Dissertationen der Universität Wien. Notring. p. 212.
- ^ a b c d e "What's the F—ing joke?". The Age. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Harnden, Toby (28 August 2005). "No, there are no F***ing postcards". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ a b c "Brits steal carloads of F**king Austrian roadsigns", The Register, 15 August 2005.
- ^ Statistik Austria: Bevölkerung am 1.1.2020 nach Ortschaften (Gebietsstand 1.1.2020)[1] Retrieved 13 September 2020
- ^ a b "Urban Legends Reference Pages: Welcome to Austria". Snopes.com. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
- ^ "This Towns A F****** Joke". The Daily Mirror. London. 29 August 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Brits driving Austrians bonkers over rude village name". London. Agence France Presse. 28 August 2005. Archived from the original on 11 September 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ Haywood, Anthony; Walker, Kerry (2008). Austria (5 ed.). Lonely Planet. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-74104-670-0. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Austrian town uses concrete to block cursed sign thefts". The Ottawa Citizen. 23 August 2005. pp. A8.
- ^ "Austrians Not Amused". BanderasNews.com. November 2006.
- ^ "Would you please all stop f*&%ing in F***ing". Daily Star. London. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ Schmidt, Von Axel (24 March 2008). "Die Ortstafel als Souvenir". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "Decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal in Case R 0385/2008-4 – Fucking Hell". The Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union. 21 January 2010.
- ^ "German beer can call itself F**king Hell". Radio Netherlands. Hilversum. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ "The Grand Tour Season 1 Episode 12". 27 January 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ Ramm, Nicolay (24 February 2019). "WELCOME TO FUCKING". YouTube. NRK Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Fucking Village To Change Name". The Spoof!. 18 April 2012.
- ^ "No Fugging chance: Fucking village told they can't be renamed Fugging because name is already taken". The Mirror. 18 April 2012.
- ^ "Silly placenames: welcome to Dull, twinned with Boring". The Guardian. 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Citizens Vote to Rename Austrian Town From F—ing to Fugging". Huffington Post. 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Nothing profane about our name Austrian hamlet says". Reuters. 18 April 2012.
External links
- (in German) Tarsdorf Municipality website
- "German Firm Wins Right to Make Beer Called 'Fucking Hell'." Spiegel Online. 29 March 2010.


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Four Words
Designer Tip: Cover the tags with paper, then add a word to each one to add emphasis to the journaling story. I used sepia toned photos for a warm, soft look that works well with these papers.
Journaling recipe: "Four words"—Use four words on tags to help describe what the person means to you.
Step #1 BACKGROUND: Both pages: Place the tan/brown/orange circles paper as the background.
Left page: Cut 7 1/4"x9" red tiles paper and ink edges brown. Cut 1/2"x9" green tiles paper and ink edges. Cut 1/4"x9" orange plaid paper and ink edges. Glue the orange piece on the green paper, 1/16" from the left side. Glue on the red tiles paper, 1/4" from the left side. Mat on ivory cardstock with 1/16" borders and ink edges. Glue on the background paper, 3/4" from the left side.
Right page: Cut 9"x8 1/4" red tiles paper and ink edges brown. Create a green tiles/orange plaid paper strip as you did for the left page. Glue on the red tiles paper 3/4" from the bottom edge. Mat on ivory cardstock with 1/16" borders and ink edges. Glue on the background paper 5/8" from the left and 1/2" from the top.
Step #2 PHOTOS: Left page: Mat two 6"x4" photos on ivory cardstock with 1/16" borders and ink the edges brown. Cut 7 1/2"x9 1/4" orange plaid paper and ink edges brown. Place the two photos together on the orange plaid paper, with 1/4" space on top and bottom edges, left side, and between the photos, and 1" space on the right side. Glue overlapping the red tiles paper on the background, 2" from the left side and 1 1/2" from the bottom.
Right page: Mat a 3 1/2"x5 1/4" photo on ivory cardstock and ink the edges brown. Place on the background, 1 1/4" from the left side and 5/8" from the bottom. Glue only the top edge in place for now. Mat a 3 1/4"x3 5/8" photo on ivory cardstock with 1/16" borders and ink the edges. Mat a 4 1/4"x3 1/4" photo on red tiles paper with 1/8" borders on top and sides, and a 1/4" border on the bottom. Ink the edges. Cut 9 1/4"x4 1/2" orange plaid paper and ink the edges. Glue first photo centered on the left side of the orange plaid paper. Glue second photo centered on the right side, with 5/8" space between the photos on the center. Glue to the background paper, 1 1/2" from the right side and 1" from the top.
Step #3 JOURNALING AND DIE-CUTS: Left page: Write or computer print journaling centered on ivory cardstock. Punch out the scalloped die-cut frame with green center. Remove the green center and set aside. Glue the frame centered over the journaling. Trim the edges leaving a 1/16" matted border. Glue on the page, 1/8" from the right side and 3 3/4" from the bottom. Write or computer print names and two words on ivory cardstock. Trim names to 2"x1/2". Tear the right side and ink the straight edges brown. Foam tape on the page, 1" from the right side and 2 3/4" from the bottom. Trim close near words, leaving each wider than the wood tags. Ink edges brown and set aside.
Right page: Write or computer print journaling on ivory cardstock, trim to 2 3/4"x3 1/2" and ink the edges brown. Mat on orange plaid paper with 1/4" borders. Ink the edges and glue corners only on the page, 1" from the bottom and 3 1/2" from the right. Write or computer print journaling and date centered on the decorative orange/red frame. Glue to the page, 5/8" from the right side and 1 3/4" from the bottom. Write or print two words on ivory, trim and ink as for the left page. Font: Birch Std (left page journaling 19pt; names 22 pt. (right page journaling 20pt; words on die-cut 24 pt) words on tags for both pages 22 pt.
TECHNIQUE: DECORATED WOOD TAGS Left page: Cover a wood tag with red tiles paper and a second with green tiles paper, trimming edges evenly. Ink the edges brown and re-punch holes in the end with the punch or poke through the holes from front to back. Glue green ribbon across the red tag, 3/8" from the bottom. Tear the right edge of a word on ivory cardstock and glue on the left edge of the tag above the ribbon, trimming evenly. Thread a thin strip of green tiles paper through an orange button and Zot™ centered on the ribbon. Glue a 1/4" wide orange plaid to the green tag, 1/4" from the bottom. Glue a word above the orange plaid paper, trimming sides evenly. Tie the tags together with a 6" length of green ribbon, knotting the ends. Zot™ on the upper right corner of the orange plaid photo mat as shown.
Right page: Cover two tags with paper as for the left page, using red tiles paper and orange plaid paper. Glue or foam tape words to the tags as shown. Zot™ an orange button to the red tag near the word. Tie the tags together with green ribbon as for the left page. Zot™ centered on reserved green die-cut label. Glue centered on the page between the photos as shown.
TECHNIQUE: EMBELLISHING WITH BUTTONS AND TWILL Left page: Cut two 1 3/4"x1" orange plaid paper rectangles and ink the edges. Glue a 1 3/4" length of caramel twill centered on each. Glue even with the left side of the orange plaid photo mat, one piece 3 1/2" from the bottom and the other 2 1/4" from the top. Thread assorted buttons with thin strips of green tiles paper trimming ends at the back. Zot™ to the twill as shown. Thread a red button die-cut with green ribbon and foam tape to the left side of the names. Tie a 3" length of twill knotted at the center and Zot™ between the photos on the left side as shown.
Right page: Glue a 4 1/2" length of caramel twill to the right side of the orange plaid photo mat. Tie a knot in a 5" length of twill, 2" from the left. Wrap the bottom photo with the twill with the knot 1" from the left, gluing ends on the back. Zot™ assorted buttons to the twill pieces as shown.
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Hi Everyone
Gosh it's been a while since I visited this blog! I have really enjoyed blogging here and sharing my views, joys and inspirations. It's been a great platform for developing my style in both photography and blogging and has driven me to explore new music, art, style and hype about it!
With many new ventures I've unfortunately had no time to keep blogging here however you can view my new projects here where I will still be blogging about similar things but on a different blog:
My photography arts blog: http://nishasvest.blogspot.co.uk/
My website: http://nishahaq.blogspot.co.uk/
I'm also the creative director and main contributor to Lost & Found Mag blog where I have been spending a lot of time managing the blog and launching it. M.A.S.H blog has given me the experience to create Lost & Found's image and I hope for the publication to be launched A/W 2013. Please check out the blog here: http://www.lost-and-found-mag.com/
Many thanks for reading over the years. Can't believe I created my first post 6th July 2010! Feels like such a long time ago. And for people to still read this blog is amazing. Thank you for 89,965 page views! You certainly have given me the confidence.
So time for a goodbye to this blog... it's been great blogging! The blog will still be live on the internet but I will cease to blog anymore.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Friday, 24 August 2012
Artist of the Week > Jessie Ware
Yikes its been ages since I've posted on this blog! Almost a year. Well one of my summer resolutions was to blog more so today I'm deciding to put that into action! I must admit I've been demotivated by posting onto this blog due to the adult content I've been forced to have (this isn't an 'adult' site) but I hope you wonderful readers won't be put off by it!
Album released 20th August 2012. Buy on Amazon
Anywhos onto the main business. Today was a slow day where the clouds overcast and rain drizzled throughout the afternoon; I was thinking of what to do especially as electricity was cut off for most of the day (mum working on sockets in the dining room) and thought I would pick up the dusty guitar and practice singing. I was stuck on what to sing and looked up Nina Nesbitt on Youtube (A wonderful acoustic indie singer-songwriter) and was directed to Jessie Ware, a 27 English singer-songwriter, under recommendations. There I clicked on her current single 'Wildest Moments'. A mellow slow paced radio-friendly song sung with indie soul, her tone is a delight to listen to. The video, directed by Kate Moross, is a simple yet a fitting music video for the song; simple song structure and repetitive choral lyrics yet ever so catching and I love the words and how they speak truth:
'Maybe in our wildest momentsWe could be the greatest, we could be the greatestMaybe in our wildest momentsWe could be the worst of all'
I particularly love her acoustic rendition of this song featured on the deluxe edition of her début album 'Devotion'. Other favourites are 'Running' (the vocals and electric guitar are brilliant!) and 'Night Light'.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
Nisha Haq Photography > The Kiss 0.2
It's been a while since I did a post on my work. This piece of work is a GIF and I've only experimented with creating these only on a few occasions. Though they look rather simple there is quite a lot of work involved! I made 'The Kiss 0.2' for a short project at uni (BA Photography at Southampton Solent University) to do with time. I was thinking of a few ideas and thought I'd revisit a shoot I did this Jan. 'Kiss Me Kay' (Jan 2011) are stills from a video I made. I was experimenting with time lapse and the subtle differences in each frame in a kiss, a simple act with so many expressions. For my current time project I wanted to have a slightly different twist but fundamentally have the same basis for the idea. This time I shot outside against a fountain background which was also on a time loop for when the water would shoot out. I also used a tripod so all the shots can be level. Thinking about when to shoot and wait for the fountain all involved calculating correct timing and using a very fast shutter. I shot on continuous shoot mode and as it was outside I could shoot at a fast shutter at a low ISO so more detail.
To create the image I first resized all the images to 600 pixel width and saved the images again using Fastzone Photo Resizer software I downloaded for free from the internet. This meant I had low risk of Photoshop CS2 crashing due to uploading a lot large images. I then edited the first photo and saved the actions I did to it to apply the action to other photos easily. I added contrast, a few colour filters, soft Gaussian blur and used the sharpen image filter. I opened all the photos I wanted to use one by one and replayed my 'The Kiss' action 26 times. Now all my images were ready to use. I then created a Photoshop document to create my gif. This involved opening all the edited images and simple placing the images on top of each other. I opened the 'animation' window, the tool to use to create gifs. I then selected all the layers and chose the option 'Make frames from layers' from the small arrow on the right of the 'animation' window. I then selected all the frames and chose 0.2 second delay from each frame to the next. To save as a gif I selected 'Save for Web' and chose GIF format, not JPEG.
Here's the image I created: Tell me what you think? Being relatively new at creating GIFs I'm quite happy how it turned out.
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Video of the Week > Shame Trailer 2
I've been a fan of Michael Fassbender since seeing him in 'The Devil's Whore' which was shown on Channel 4 in the UK in 2008. Since then he's been a rising star and I think it's safe to say he is hot property at the moment! He is currently a well sought out actor in Hollywood with the box office hits such as X-Men: First Class which was amazing, a beautiful retelling of Jane Eyre and 3 highly anticipated films coming out next year: Haywire, A Dangerous Method and Shame. The trailer for Shame really caught my eye which was directed by Steve McQueen. McQueen had directed the hard-hitting drama, Hunger featuring Fassbender 3 years ago which brought Fassbender into the limelight. The pair have teamed up again and Shame looks like an intriguing, mesmerizing drama. Fassbender plays Brandon who has a sexual addiction in New York but when his sister comes to stay everything is turned upside down. Though my very short synopsis of the film seems very shallow the trailer speaks for itself. From just looking at this short trailer it shows that McQueen is certainly a director to watch. My favourite part in the trailer is at 1.00 / 1.34 when Brandon (Fassbender) softly touches a woman's hand on a vertical rail on the NY subway. The mere touch has a sexual energy which I find fascinating.
The film is due to be released 13th Jan 2012 in the UK, rated 18. It also features Oscar nominated Carey Mulligan from An Education, another star in her own right.
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I also love the poster promoting the film. How the meaning of a word can change with the presence of a picture. Text placement and images are powerful tools in advertising. I particularly like how they've used an image of crinkled bed sheets with the simple noun, 'Shame' written in plain sans serif white font. I'm thinking it could be Helvetica however I think the subtext is, not the main title. If anyone knows please drop a comment below! Thanks!
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Monday, 14 November 2011
Photograph of the Day > Stunning Swarovski Shoot by Benjamin Lennox
My friend Kirsty had just bought the latest issue of Vogue with Gisele on the cover which came with a 'best places to party' guide. On the back of that cover I came across such a captivating image that I was searching the net for the shoot as I only had a glimpse of the image before we left for our train. I took a snapshot on my phone to remind myself to look it up! I think this image is pretty spectacular.
This was shot for Vogue Promotions, Vogue UK Dec 2011 by Benjamin Lennox. I had found these images on Kim Howells blog who was the stylist for this shoot. I think this shoot is beautiful especially the vibrant colours and the model's expression in my Photograph of the Day. I love the styling, fashion and how it's shot. There really isn't anything I can critique on! You certainly see the sparkle in Swarovski.
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Combination top, Jason Wu. Chocker piece Andy Farrow. All designs made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS.
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Dress, Roksanda Ilincic. Hat, Jane Taylor. Earrings, Anton Heunis made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS.
Dress, Monique Lhuillier. Hat, Jane Taylor.
Jacket and skirt, both Marios Schwab. Hat, Catherine Piederriere, for Crystal Obsession. Necklace, Jacques Fath.
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Dress, Mary Katrantzou. Headpiece, Otazu. Cuffs, Holly Fulton. Panther bracelet and Caddis Cascade bracelet, both Simon Harrison. One-stone ring, Janis Savitt. Matching button rings, SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED. All designs made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS.
Dress, Holly Fulton, made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. Headpiece, Jane Taylor. Crystal fringe, stylist's own, made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS.
Jacket, Jason Wu. Bra, ID Sarrieri, made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. Earrings and necklace, both Anton Heunis. Three-stone ring, Miquella. Gold bracelet, Rodrigo Otazu, available at SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED. Red crystal bracelet, Simon Harrison. Matching large and small circle stone rings, both SWAROVSKI CRYSTALLIZED. Small crystal matching rings, Chelsea Taylor. Multi-stonering, The Earring Boutique.
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Skirt and top, Jason Wu. Body piece, Jose Miro. All made with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS.
Photographer: Benjamin Lennox
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LONDON — As hundreds of Olympics fans milled around them, an Italian dressed in a turkey costume stood debating the rights and wrongs of eating meat with a man wearing a sports-themed T-shirt proclaiming he was a member of "Team Islam."
With tens of thousands of people entering the Olympic Park every day, it was perhaps only natural that various religions, philosophies and causes would jump at the chance to win some of them over.
And so just outside Stratford Bus Station -- which many sports fans must walk past on their way to the park -- there was a collection of Christians, Muslims, vegans and others eager to spread the word.
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Team Islam was strongly represented, with perhaps 10 men wearing blue T-shirts with the Team Islam logo or yellow ones that asked "Is life just a game?"
"We're trying to make people realize there are many teams in life -- Team America, Team GB [Great Britain], France, China -- but they are never going to win anything meaningful. If you want something meaningful, you need to be part of Team Islam," one of the group, Muhammad Alamqir, said.
"Nearly every day we've had people … embracing Islam," he added, saying that the T-shirts had gone down well with passersby. "They like the idea of Team Islam, a lot of people have been taking pictures with us."
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Alamqir said he and the others were "ordinary Muslims" from the local area.
Asked what relations were like with the other faiths, he said there had been some theological debates, but everything had been "very friendly … very pleasant."
'I don't want you to eat me'
And so it was that Antonino Buonamico, 52, a follower of the teachings of Supreme Master Ching Hai, found himself discussing with another member of Team Islam whether eating meat was a good or bad thing.
"I'm a turkey, I don't want you to eat me," Buonamico, speaking shortly before the exchange, told NBCNews.com.
He said when people saw his turkey costume "sometimes they laugh and want pictures."
"They are curious," he added, "I hope they can begin to think about it [becoming vegan]."
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Buonamico, from Bari, Italy, said that he was among a group of about 70 people who subscribe to the teachings of Ching Hai who had come to London for the Games to persuade others to "be vegan" and "make peace."
He said Ching Hai's teachings were "spiritual, but not religious," and involved meditating and living "a vegan lifestyle, so respect the animal, we don't use leather, anything from the animal, we're against animal testing."
The eye-catching approach of Buonamico and Team Islam contrasted sharply with the approach of George Chaplin, 70, who stood quietly, clutching a few leaflets in his hand.
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When asked what religion he was with, he said Christian Science and then quickly stressed his church was nothing to do with Scientology.
"The message is really about individual potential," Chaplin said. "You see a lot in the Olympics about people doing outstanding things. Our message is each of us can do outstanding things in our own field -- potential from God, given to each of us."
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Chaplin, who lives near Cambridge, about 60 miles north of London, said they were there to give guidance to people who needed it, such as those from other countries who felt lonely or athletes who had failed to win a medal.
"I imagine they have really hard things to meet if something goes wrong with their particular event," he said.
'Ignoring each other'
Michael Virgo, 49, from Sheffield, was holding a sign saying that Jesus was "the way, the truth and the life."
Asked what denomination he was, Virgo said: "I'm not here to advertise a church, I'm here to advertise the Lord Jesus Christ."
"It's a bit windy. I'm having to hold the sign, which is making my arm very tired, but never mind," he admitted.
Olympic hosts: Londoners open their homes to the world
Virgo was standing close to members of Team Islam and there appeared to be a somewhat frosty atmosphere.
"Earlier in the week, the Muslims were getting very argumentative and trying to convert us," he said. "The security people told them off and basically we're just ignoring each other."
Standing nearby, Jeyamani Rayappan, a preacher at the East Ham Tamil Church in East London, began saying forcefully that Christians were persecuted and killed in Saudi Arabia.
A member of Team Muslim who overheard him intervened politely to say the claim was "lies" and rolled his eyes, then walked away.
Olympics bring pride, hope to Afghanistan
Rayappan, wearing a yellow T-shirt saying "Jesus is coming very soon" and handing out Bibles in the Tamil and Hindi languages, told NBCNews.com that, "We're just saying Jesus is the only God."
But not all of those with a message for Olympics fans were offering spiritual solace.
One woman said she had come because she wanted to help people "to be financially free."
Good, bad, ugly? Street artists weigh in on Olympics
"People are suffering, people are under a lot of pressure. They are being worked so much -- like donkeys -- and achieving so little," she said, referring to the current financial downturn.
The woman explained that salvation from this crisis could come in the form of "network marketing."
"I'm offering you the opportunity to fulfil your goals," she told NBCNews.com.
However, after her attempt to sell the supposed money-making scheme failed, she declined to give her name or be photographed. "There's so much negativity when it comes to journalists," she said by way of explanation.
More London 2012 coverage:
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London's funny mayor is taken very seriously
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One family's Olympic odyssey includes satellite dish, reindeer pelts
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Wonderland on Roseville: Fairfield Christmas tradition could end this year
FAIRFIELD — For 18 years, the Halliwell family has put on "Wonderland on Roseville," a dazzling Christmas display featuring over 300,000 lights.
This year, however, could be the last, according to Gene Halliwell, a prospect that has him upset because it will mean the end of what he calls a "significant" annual donation to the Shriners Children's Hospital in Springfield, MA.
"We're not happy about it," he said.
A petition with 45 signatures sent to the first selectman's office from residents of Roseville Terrace and Sawyer Road is asking the town and police department to do something to control the traffic the annual display brings to the neighborhood. Those signatures represent 28 households.
From its opening on Thanksgiving, until the lights are turned off after New Year's Day, the display draws thousands of visitors to 226 Roseville Terrace off of Black Rock Turnpike. Last year, the Halliwells said, they had a total of 30,000 visitors to the display, that includes multiple train sets, cases filled with nutcrackers of all shapes and sizes, a sleigh where visitors can pose for pictures, and even a small chapel.
"That's not counting the drivebys," Gene Halliwell said.
Nadine Losquadro, a Sawyer Road resident, submitted the petition to the first selectman's office and is currently working with the Police Department, in an attempt to control the traffic. Roseville Terrace runs into Sawyer Road, and Sawyer Road leads back to the Black Rock Turnpike.
Losquadro said the neighbors "appreciate the entertainment to the community and the charity that the Wonderland at Roseville brings. However, our concern is the event's traffic and parking situation which presents a significant public safety concern for our neighborhood."
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For Losquadro, a compromise would be "no event parking" restrictions on Roseville Terrace and Sawyer Road, that would allow those who live on those streets to park on the street. Visitors to the display, she said, could utilize any of the parking lots on or near Black Rock Turnpike, with a crossing guard on duty. "It would be a detriment for us if we are officially prevented from parking on our street, or having our guests park on our street, during the holiday season," she said. It should be noted, the closest town lots would be either McKinley or Holland Hill schools. Other nearby parking lots are privately owned. If the police put parking restrictions in place, those restrictions apply to all cars.
Police officials also said there is no way to enforce an "event" parking restriction.
According to Police Lt. Robert Kalamaras, temporary parking restrictions were put in place last year on one side of the street, closest to the display, and that will once again be the case this year. In addition, traffic will be one-way — cars will enter on Roseville, and leave via Sawyer.
Kalamaras said if they need, on days when the visitor counts are usually the highest, they can extend the restricted parking area. He said they've reviewed the daily visitor data compiled by the Halliwells, and, as expected, the highest totals were on the weekends, and in the just before Christmas.
"Maybe on those days, we put one of the traffic officers there," Kalamaras said.
Losquadro said that alleviated traffic and parking in front of the display, "however, it funneled all of the traffic onto the cul-de-sac and onto Sawyer road. It seemed to make the situation worse."
"We did not move into our homes knowing there would be, or could be, parking restrictions imposed on us for six weeks out of every year during prime holiday time," she said. "The majority of homes on Roseville and Sawyer have small driveways and many residents rely on street parking." Many residents, Losquadro said, have not been able to have family gatherings at their homes over the holidays because of traffic and parking problems.
"If this is not possible, it is hoped that the Fairfield Police Department will help us come up with an alternative safe solution," Losquadro said.
Halliwell said they have not been approached by any of their neighbors with complaints about the display. "We've never had one person come to say 'could you turn the lights down, or the music down,' although we don't have the music blaring."
Halliwell said, in fact, one Sawyer Road resident recently told him they were looking forward to the tradition.
"It's not everybody that's complaining," he said.
He said if they were to hire police officers, it would end up being too costly, leaving them with no money to donate to the Shriners.
And, he said, he fears that "no matter what we'll do, it won't appease some people."
"The traffic and parking situation presents a serious public safety concern," Losquadro said. "We thought the situation would be best handled by our town's officials who are experienced with and responsible for traffic control and public safety. "
Losquadro has lived on Sawyer Road for six years, she said. "There are several elderly residents and many children who reside in our neighborhood, and their safety needs to be a priority," Losquadro said. "If there is an emergency in the neighborhood during the time the event is running, it would be impossible for a rescue vehicle, such as an ambulance, fire truck, or police car to make it quickly or safely to any of our homes."
According to police department records, there have been no reported incidents, including accidents, during the weeks the display is lit up.
"We're trying to figure out what to do," Maryann Halliwell, Gene and Mary Halliwell's daughter who also lives at the house, said. "It's probably our last year, it's a real shame."
Gene Halliwell said not only does the display raise money for children, it also brings business to local restaurants and coffee shops. "There will be businesses losing out," he said. "People come here and have dinner and then go see the lights." The petition may also mean an end to visits by Santa, which tend to draw the most people, he said.
The display opens to the public on Thanksgiving at 5 p.m., and there is no admission charged. The display stays on until 11 p.m. each night and shuts down for the season on New Year's Day.


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Vegan chef Tal Ronnen, who's cooked for stars like Ellen and Oprah, is now opening his first restaurant Crossroads, centrally located in West Hollywood on Melrose Ave. He met his executive chef Scot Jones years ago and went on to collaborate with him on recepies for the 21 Day Vegan Cleanse, documented by Oprah in 2008. Rumors of their new Los Angeles restaurant have circulated since 2011.
"Crossroads is a place where vegans and carnivores can dine together...and a full bar which has never been done at a vegan restaurant before," said Ronnen. The inspiration came from dishes that he ate when he became vegan and the foods he missed (ahem, oysters) when adopting this new diet. Look for creative plant-based small plates like "Artichoke Oysters" and Kite Hill Cheese, Ronnen's new line of cultured nut milks cheeses.
Complementing the vegan menu, pastry chef Serafina Magnussen has developed an assortment of plant-based desserts and over in the bar, the cocktails are all made with seasonal ingredients and small batch spirits.
8284 Melrose Ave West Hollywood, CA 90048 (map) 323-782-9245; crossroadskitchen.com
About the author: After nearly a decade in Brooklyn, Kelly Bone landed back in Los Angeles where she writes The Vegetarian Foodie. She spends the rest of her time designing office cubicles... you might be sitting in one right now! Follow her on Twitter at @TheVegFoodie


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With names like Chicken Spa, Coupe De Plume and California Coop, the first Silicon Valley Tour de Coop bicycle tour will feature chicken coops ranging from the funky to architecturally refined.
The self-guided tour of 12 coops and gardens will take place Saturday, Oct. 27, in Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Backyard urban homesteaders will share their experiences with cyclists and display their coops, bees and organic gardens.
Organizer Scott Vanderlip said he was inspired to start the Tour de Coop after learning about the Tour de Cluck, which has taken place in Davis for the past three years.
"You don't realize the amount of activities and fun things that are going on in people's backyards: urban homesteading, composting, vermiculture (worms). Chickens combine that loop. You get fresh eggs, poop, compost -- and it's a great way to connect with people," he said.
Vanderlip, a Los Altos Hills resident, has kept chickens for five years. He currently has five: Doodles, an Americauna; Mimi, a buff cochin; Rosie, a Rhode Island red golden sex-link; and two black Australorps, Feathers and Percy. Each comes with a distinct personality.
"One can be stubborn, and another can be really wild," he said.
Five Palo Alto coops will be on the tour, in addition to six in Los Altos and one in Los Altos Hills, he said.
Aside from the obvious perks of fresh eggs and an interesting new project, Palo Alto coop owner Anwyn Hurxthal said her family was drawn to the idea of having backyard chickens to deepen their ease with different species other than dogs and cats that live in an urban setting.
The Hurxthal/Collins Coupe de Plume is a condominium-like affair for two birds, complete with yellow window curtains.
"It was our way of reaching, ever so slightly, past standard urban homemaking into the wider experience of our food chain. What started as a desire for freshly laid eggs and a cool coop has resulted in a deep respect and appreciation for these two individual birds, now feathered members of our little urban clan," she said.
Seven-year-old daughter Jessa Collins said: "When you get chicks they're really cute, but as they grow older they're even better because they actually love you back."
O'Malley Stouman's California Coop was designed by her architect husband, Jonathan. The tri-level structure has a pagoda-style roof and is made from recycled wood. A solid cinderblock floor keeps predators from digging underneath to get the chickens, she said. The birds also have an automatic feeder and water dispenser for when she is out of town, she said.
Stouman's chicken photos have become so popular with family and friends that she started a website, workdaychickenpictures.com, to give people a laugh each day before they set off for their jobs. She has 750 subscribers and a Facebook page, she said.
"When I lived on a ranch, I had 50 to 60 chickens. I love 'em," she said.
The chickens can easily rototill a new garden bed. The birds scratch and dig and peck out all of the snails and insects, she said.
Barron Park resident Debbie Nielsen built a deluxe coop that matches the color and architecture of her home. Before the coop was built, she found a chicken weathervane with a hen and chicks that is now affixed to the top of the shingled henhouse.
An interior designer, Nielsen's henhouse for six features hand-turned latches, shutters, a window and flowerbox, a nesting area and ceramic dishes on the wall for decoration and glass-board walls for easy cleaning. The house is earthquake-proof and bolted to a cement foundation.
Nielsen leads a busy life, and the henhouse is a place where she can go to slow down, she said. Vignette, Xenia, Gary, Portia, Gabby and Lynette happily devoured romaine lettuce leaves and an apple on Thursday morning.
Nielsen said she checked with her neighbors, and all have been supportive.
"There are a lot of chicken sisters here. Several ladies on the street have chickens," she said.
A sign over the coop proclaims it the "Bird Farm." She used the same name and font as that of the Illinois sausage company started by her grandfather and uncle, Bird Farm Sausage Co., she said. Trevor, her 16-year-old son, helped design the coop.
She admitted that she pulled out all the stops, but she wanted something to look out on that was pleasing from her kitchen window and dining room, where she spends much time studying.
"I'm from the Midwest, and they're like yard art," she said.
The Tour de Coop takes place form 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Downloadable maps are available online for registrants. More information and registration is available at www.tourdecoop.org.


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Actor Bo Svenson has broken four ribs, torn both hamstrings, dislocated a knee cap and busted his toes four times since returning to the judo mats in 2009. But just like his indomitable character, Sheriff Buford Pusser in the Walking Tall films, this 71-year-old black belt will not be deterred.
"I can't stay away from judo," Svenson emailed recently from home in Los Angeles where he was recovering from a bout with laryngitis. "I love dojo life. I have competed in many sports, and done quite well in some, but no sport has become as much a part of me as has judo."
Svenson is among more the 800 figthers, age 30 and older, pre-registered from around the world to face-off with floor-pounding throws, arm bars and chokes at USA Judo's upcoming Grand Masters World Championships in Miami, Nov. 8-11. Many of these fighters will be near their prime, many are past champions. More than 80 are coming from France, 60 from Brazil and Russia each.
When Svenson steps onto the tatamis (mats) under chandeliers at the luxurious tournament venue, the Doral Resort & Spa, he won't be wielding the oak club of the iconic Pusser but he will be wearing the fourth-degree black belt he's earned - Who would win now? the Pusser he portrayed or Svenson the fourth-degree black-belt?
Svenson earned his shodan (first-degree black belt) at the famed and notoriously tough Kodokan in Japan, home dojo of the sport, in 1961 while stationed there in the U.S. Marines. He earned his nidan and sandan (third degree) in '62 and '63. Injuries forced him from the sport in 1965.
In 2009, "I found my old gi, which promptly fell apart when I put it on," Svenson said. "I bought a new gi, found a dojo that let me train - and promptly fell apart." The injuries ensued but there was no stopping. Work schedule permitting, he trains three times a week.
"There's no sport like judo," Svenson said.
He did use judo on at least one occasion during his respite from the mats. Svenson threw two opponents simultaneously in the 1976 motion picture, "Breaking Point."
Svenson has starred in over sixty films and several hundred hours of network television. He starred in the second and third "Walking Tall" films – "Walking Tall – Part 2" (1975), Walking Tall, Final Chapter" (1977), "The Inglorious Bastards" (1978). He has also directed numerous motion pictures, mostly in the action-adventure genre. His television directing includes "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues," for Warner Bros. He is presently starring in the Sydney J. Furie directed motion picture "Pride of Lions," filming in Ontario, Canada, and Afghanistan with Lou Gossett Jr., Seymour Cassel, Margot Kidder, and Tom Jackson.
For more on Svenson, go to his website: WWW.BOSVENSON.COM.


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Sometime recently this baby turned in to this toddler.
Having a toddler is a whole different thing, let me tell you.
I gave birth to a tiny, fragile baby. It changed me in a lot of ways– my priorities, what a perfect Saturday looks like… but when they're babies they just kind of go along for the ride of whatever interpretation of parenting you choose. Then they become a toddler and they stop being cool with being strapped to your being and going with your plans like a loaf. Miles suddenly has opinions and feeling and OH MY GOD he is fearless and does not give to thoughts about how going down the BIG BOY slide that the three year old's are afraid of might actually give his mama a heart attack. He doesn't have time to care. He's too busy experiencing everything.
This morning I was sitting, enjoying my coffee, planning on spending at least another 15 minutes at home before taking Miles to school and heading to work. I took out some of Miles' cars for him to play with; I mentally high-fived myself for being on top of things this morning. Miles took one look at his car, shook his head no, and went and grabbed his sweater, handed it to me before sitting down waiting for it to be put on. He was ready to go to school thank you very much. Determined child. Exhausting, overwhelming, amazing, determined child.
He is trying to talk more. He says belly button — (but it sounds like bawwy-buh-uh). Close enough kid. He is on the brink of so many things… so many things that are going to break every notion I have about who he has been so far.
I've been quiet lately. Having a baby has made my world much smaller, but I think I'm wrong in my feeling that it's not of interest because it's small. More importantly I don't want to miss recording life. Two years ago, I started dating Mr. A, and I am so happy that I wrote through that and finding out I was pregnant. They're cherished bit of my story.
Miles at 15 months:
Favorite food: Beets and pizza
Stats: 25 pounds, taller than all the other kids
Love: Balls and cars and slides
Words: Mama, Dada, ball, nana (banana), Ba! (Bottle), belly button, dog, Abby, bye, bubble, tree, bird, uh-oh.


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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Terry makes Prague trip
Captain John Terry travelled with Chelsea to Prague for Thursday's Europa League clash despite missing last Saturday's defeat of Wigan with a knee injury.
The 32-year-old defender was part of a 19-man Blues squad which travelled to the Czech capital for the last-32 first-leg contest at the Generali Arena.
David Luiz, Demba Ba, Victor Moses and John Obi Mikel missed the trip. Luiz is suspended, Ba ineligible after representing Newcastle earlier in the competition and Moses and Mikel miss out after winning the African Nations Cup with Nigeria last Sunday.
Gary Cahill, who was withdrawn from the Wigan win after suffering cramp, is available for selection by interim boss Rafael Benitez. Goalkeeper Petr Cech, who suffered a hairline fracture to his little finger on his left hand at Newcastle, is in line to face his former club.
Sparta have not played a competitive match since early December due to the Czech winter break, but Cech, who played for them in the 2001/02 season before moving to Rennes, anticipates a challenging contest for last season's Champions League winners.
"The game against us will be their first competitive match since December," Cech told chelseafc.com.
"They recently signed David Lafata, who has been the top scorer in the Czech Republic for the past two seasons, as well as Roman Bednar, who used to play for West Bromwich Albion.
"They will have options, and they are a team with a good blend of young, hungry players and experienced ones.
"For them, it will be the biggest game of their careers, so that's a danger because they will want to show they can do well against us."
The match will be Chelsea's first away in Europe since the November loss to Juventus which sealed their Champions League exit and the fate of Roberto Di Matteo, who was succeeded by Benitez.


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We covered the shrill, fear-based badvertising commercials for home security systems in December 2008, in August 2009 and October 2009. Today, Sarah Haskins tackles the same damsel-in-distress ads.
As always, the ads change, but the message remains the same: If you're a woman, you're never safe: You're a potential victim; you shouldn't trust anyone, and if you act now,
a prince will save you from your tower hunky security guys - or policemen - will rescue you from any scary situation.
Sarah Haskins in Target Women: Broadview Security [Current]
Target Women: Broadview Security [HuffPo]
Earlier: We Hate It When That Happens
Security Systems And The Culture Of Fear
Brinks: Home Security For Modern Day Damsels In Distress


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El Pais (via Google translate) reports Government will give a two-year moratorium to end evictions.
Social pressure, political and, above all, the shock of facts so overwhelming as two suicides in recent weeks, the second on Friday, has led the government and the PSOE to move faster. Both contacts for accelerated progress towards an agreement to halt evictions more extreme than in any case, will not materialize until next week. That agreement, however, will not be retroactive and would apply to mortgages signed, but not those that are in foreclosure. It would not serve to cases like Egaña Amaya, the woman who committed suicide in Barakaldo.
The Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, solemnized the idea during an election rally in Lleida: "These days we see terrible things, inhuman situations, a person committed suicide when she would be evicted. It is a difficult subject, you have to take it with all seriousness and humanity. The government is talking to many people, we talked this morning with the PSOE. I hope we can talk on Monday of the temporary cessation of evictions affecting the most vulnerable families. And the threshold of exclusion, to better implement the code of good practice, so you can renegotiate the debt and remain in housing. It is a difficult subject, I hope we can give good news to the whole of the Spanish."
Policy Will Blow Up Spectacularly
The problem with an eviction moratorium should be obvious. People will have no incentive to pay their mortgages for the next two years. Many people will take that option and it will further stress the Spanish banking sector already deep in trouble.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock


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Definitions of open
The word open uses 4 letters:enop.
OPEN is playable in:
a. - Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead. 2
a. - Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed. 2
a. - Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea. 2
a. - Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect. 2
a. - Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc. 2
a. - Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt. 2
a. - Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter. 2
a. - Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open. 2
a. - Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement. 2
a. - Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say. 2
a. - Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s. 2
a. - Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length. 2
a. - Produced by an open string; as, an open tone. 2
n. - Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water. 2
v. t. - To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter. 2
v. t. - To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand. 2
v. t. - To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain. 2
v. t. - To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc. 2
v. t. - To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting. 2
v. t. - To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers. 2
v. i. - To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted. 2
v. i. - To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view. 2
v. i. - To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy. 2
v. i. - To bark on scent or view of the game. 2
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Saving energy can be painless with a few simple measures that also reduce monthly bills and help the environment. Here are some steps you and your family can take to conserve energy. You can also download printable PDF files in English or Spanish.
For more ways to save power, check out our warm weather energy-saving tips. Business owners can find energy cost-cutting hints, too.
- Turn off your lights. Turn off the lights when you're not in the room. Consider trading incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescent (CF) bulbs. CFs provide attractive light, use 75% less energy and last 10 times longer!
- Hit the switch. If you see something electrical that's not being used, turn it off. This might seem obvious, but it can really add up.
- Use your dishwasher and washer/dryer wisely. Only wash full loads. Let dishes air dry. Avoid washing during peak hours (noon to 6 p.m. weekdays).
- Dust your refrigerator. Vacuum the dust off the refrigerator coils (found in the back or underneath the unit) every 3 months - it takes less energy to cool that way. Turn on the energy saver switch, if you have one. Check the gaskets around the door and make sure it shuts tight.
- Monitor your home's temperature. During winter, keep your thermostat no higher than 68° F during the day and 55°F at night. During summer, set the thermostat no lower than 75°F. Move shades and curtains to help heat or cool the house. Seal window and door leaks with caulk and weather-stripping.
- Keep your water heater cozy. Wrap your water heater in an insulating blanket to improve efficiency. Turn its thermostat down to 120°F (140°F if you have a dishwasher without a booster heater). This saves energy and helps prevent hot water burns.
Consider these investments for long-term savings and efficiency:
- Replace old appliances with energy-efficient ones. Refrigerators built since 1993 are 40% more energy-efficient than models built 10 years prior! Look for models with the Energy Star label, and keep an eye out for rebates sponsored by your utility company or the Electric and Gas Industries Association (EGIA).
- Plant shade trees near your house to keep cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
- Add insulation to your attic and walls.
- Consider installing window coatings or double-paned windows.
- Contact your utility company for more information on home energy efficiency
Kids: Here's what you can do at home and school …
- Choose a class energy monitor who will make sure energy is being properly used. You can pick a new monitor each week! The energy monitor will turn off lights when no one is in the room, such as during recess and after class.
- Make "Turn It Off" signs for the light switches at school and at home.
- Be a detective! Help your parents find leaks and drafts in windows and doors by making a map of your house. Label all the doors, windows and vents. Then take a ribbon and hold it next to the edges of doors and windows. If it flutters, you've found a leak! Give the map to your parents and ask them seal any leaks.
The following Web sites have additional information on home energy savings:


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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
Photos taken at a counter-piracy conference in Dubai, UAE in September 2013.
Photos by David Rider, President & Executive Director.
SCI's study examines the effects of piracy on merchant mariners. In conjunction with the Disaster Psychiatry Outreach (DPO) at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, this multi-year project explores the clinical assessment and treatment of piracy attack survivors.
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The ruins of Ani are a traveller's dream – picture-perfect scenery, whacking great dollops of history, and almost nobody around to see it. While Turkey as a whole has been enjoying ever more popularity as a tourist destination, the number heading to its eastern reaches remains thrillingly low, lending an air of mystery to its attractions. Of these, none are more enchanting than the rosy-pink ruins of Ani, spectacularly located amidst a grassy expanse of undulating hillocks.
In 961, Ani became capital of a Bagratid Armenian kingdom that ruled over much of what is now southeastern Turkey. Though now firmly under Turkish rule, the ruins lie a stone's throw from the modern-day border – macho types may find it impossible to resist sending a projectile over the stunning gorge that divides Turkey from Armenia. However, the two nations are still at loggerheads on certain issues, and Ani is patrolled by the Turkish jandarma; whole areas remain out of bounds despite the recent political thaw.
Considering the centuries of neglect, some of Ani's buildings are in amazing condition, a testament to the masterful Armenian stoneworkers of the time, and the inherent qualities of duf. Still used extensively in Armenia today, this pinkish rock can assume near-transcendent hues of rose, tangerine and cinnamon during sunrise and sunset. Most visitors find themselves pointing their cameras at Prkitch, an eleventh-century church that's mercifully a lot easier to photograph than it is to pronounce: known in English as the Church of the Redeemer, it was cleaved in two when struck by lightning in 1957, making it quite possibly the only church in the world that can be seen in cross-section with the naked eye.
Time has been kinder to Tigran Honents, a fresco-filled church just down the hill from Prkitch, and cathedral located just to the west – the latter is topped with a minaret that the brave may choose to ascend for an eagle-eye view of one of Turkey's most unspoilt areas.
Ani is 45km from Kars, a town accessible by bus from many Turkish cities, as well as twice-weekly trains from Istanbul. The ruins are best visited by taxi – aim for three hours at the site plus two getting there and back, and bargain hard. After paying the small entry fee the ruins are yours, though the sun can be fierce, so bring water.
For hundreds more ultimate travel experiences, get Rough Guides' Make The Most Of Your Time On Earth
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Romulo Yanes
The carrots are shocked in ice water after shaving to give them a wavy shape and slightly soften their crunch.
- Yield
- Serves 6
- 1 cup walnut halves
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed or vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup whole or 2% Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons Sherry vinegar
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 pound small carrots, assorted colors if desired, scrubbed, very thinly sliced lengthwise on a mandoline
- 6 medium radishes, cut into thin wedges
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced on a sharp diagonal
- Preheat oven to 375°. Toss walnuts and oil on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until walnuts are lightly toasted and fragrant, 6-8 minutes. Immediately sprinkle with sugar and season with salt and pepper; toss to coat. Let cool.
- DO AHEAD: Walnuts can be toasted 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
- Whisk yogurt, vinegar, honey, and coriander in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
- DO AHEAD: Dressing can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.
- Place carrots in a colander set in a bowl of ice water. Let sit until carrots start to curl, about 2 minutes. Lift colander from water and drain carrots well; pat dry.
- Combine carrots, radishes, scallions, and dressing in a large bowl and toss to coat. Divide among plates; sprinkle with walnuts.


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Pepsi and Waste Management are teaming up to make every kid's on-the-go recycling dream come true with Dream Machine, a giant, computerized recycling bin that doles out points for returned bottles. Because who needs deposits when you can have dreams.
The internet-connected kiosks will be installed at places like stadiums, parks, and and gas stations and will award recyclers redeemable points for every bottle returned. Presumably, the companies have done some sort of research that projects the increase in recycling offsetting the environmental cost of putting hulking robo-recyclers all over the place. It's not clear exactly what the recycling points will be redeemable for, but "more Pepsi" is probably a pretty safe guess.
Pepsi hopes to increase their bottle return rate from the current 34% to 50% by 2018. Personally, I'm hoping to decrease my Pepsi consumption to 0% by 2012. [Smart Planet]


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At some point in life, we all struggle with faith. God makes a promise, but the direction that promise takes us is uncertain. And when the path toward the promise doesn't meet our expectations, we become frustrated and confused. In the process, we may choose to follow our own path.
Although Abraham was a man of faith, this winding path of belief accurately describes his journey. Especially in the earlier years of his relationship with God, folly was as present as faith.
Abraham: Following God's Promise shows Abraham's journey accurately and in full. You'll encounter his life through history, culture, and literary analysis. More importantly, you'll find out how his journey applies to your own life and to modern belief. As Abraham and Sarah step out in faith, you'll walk with them. As they turn to Pharaoh instead of God, you'll learn from their failures and confront your own. As they hold onto the hope for a son, you'll feel their joy and turmoil.
The complete church curriculum version of Abraham: Following God's Promise will help your entire church journey along God's path. You'll grow together as you observe the past and experience its meaning for the present.
You'll get:
The study book:
- A complete introduction to the life of Abraham
- Reflection questions to keep you focused on the text
- Fill-in-the-blank answer boxes to keep your group engaged
- Recommended resources to help you continue your study
- An elegant design, featuring 32 graphics tied to the commentary—also in slide format
Presenting/Preaching materials:
- 8 sermon outlines
- 8 sermon handouts
- A video lead-in for your sermon
- 8 teaching slideshows, which work on PowerPoint, Keynote, and Proclaim
Group curriculum:
- The leader's book
- 8 lesson plans
- 8 teaching slideshows, which work on PowerPoint, Keynote, and Proclaim
- 8 handouts with discussion questions, in Microsoft Word and PDF
- 8 intro videos for each lesson, which you can download after you check out. You can also order a DVD separately for $4.95.
Once your church or group adopts the curriculum, individual worshipers can purchase the book. In addition, individual small group or Sunday school leaders can purchase their own copy of the curriculum. If you're leading a group or preaching, Abraham: Following God's Promise Complete Church Curriculum is for you.
This curriculum ships October 1, 2012; pre-order yours now and get it at the Pre-Pub price!


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It's been a hot minute since we heard anything about "Ouija" but according to the producers the film, based on the classic board game, is moving ahead swimmingly and may even hit theaters next October if all goes according to plan. I sounded really cool there for a second with my hip lingo right? "Hot minute". I'm like Eminem or something. I think I may have ruined it with "swimmingly" though. Old people say that.
Fox has dropped word that they'll be putting out a gaggle of new Blu-Ray releases next week, most notably for this sassy news writer is the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" which will be available at the rock bottom price of $13. The disc will hit shelves on September 11 and I'm not 100% sure what sort of special features will be available but if I was to guess, the $13 will get you the movie, a trailer and if you're lucky a DVD case. The last one might be pushing it though.
If there was ever a movie that didn't need a sequel it's "I Spit On Your Grave" but it looks like "Saw IV" writer Thomas Fenton has been tapped to pen the script for just such a film. No word as of yet on what the plot of the second installment of the "guys do awful things to a woman and then she kills them" flick but I can't imagine anything good will come from it. I would be nice if there was some actual spitting on graves though.
A while back we talked about Award Pictures and their quest to make an "Evil Dead" sequel without Sam Raimi or anyone else giving their sweet approval. Well after some paddling and what I assume was some pretty hefty lawyer bills it looks like Raimi has officially shut down production on the film. So I'm sorry folks. You will not get to see an "Evil Dead" that Sam Raimi has had nothing to do with and there is no chance of Bruce Campbell popping up in. I'm sorry.


text: It looks like Apple's long, long, long-rumoured tablet computing device may have a name: iSlate. MacRumors report that Apple have held the name since 2007 when they purchased the iSlate.com domain name. Heading to the site now, doesn't reveal much, but with Apple's preference for secrecy, it is no surprise. Apple's 26 January event — which just happens to be Apple's _magical  Tuesday_ —  will cause me to fold my pessimistic hand. There will be a new touch-device unveiled in January. Whether a reader or a tablet, something is coming and it looks exciting to say the least.


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SilverStone Lucid Series LD03
As a modern encore to the award-winning FT03-MINI, SilverStone created a sophisticated and expressive follow-up with the Lucid LD03. Instead of having an always reserved styling with aluminum side panels, the LD03 has the ability to present itself in two distinct appearances by use of tinted tempered glass panels. When powered off or with lights turned off, the LD03 looks refined and classy. But users can optionally fit lights inside to turn the case into a stunning and exuberant showpiece.


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Fri Feb 10, 2017
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Cubberley Pavilion
8-9 Lesson 9-12 Dance $9 ages 22+ $7 ages 19-21 $5 ages 10-10 FREE ages 0-9
Not just a place to dance, but a place to have fun! The Cubberley Pavilion is the place to be every Friday night. Some of us have always wanted to learn to dance. And some seek that special mixture of great music, friendly people, top-notch instructors, and a dance floor you can land a plane on. Come join the crowd at the Cubberley Pavilion!
Drop-in beginning (B) and intermediate(I) lessons are taught simultaneously from 8 till 9, and our dance party begins at 9 and lasts till midnight. You don't need to bring a partner.
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In the 33rd minute of last week's 54-12 win against Fiji, England's loose-head prop, Joe Marler, popped up as a link in England's attacking chain with a try begging and tossed the ball into touch.
Thirteen minutes later tight-head Dan Cole found himself confronted by three relative strangers: a proximate try line, options to the outside and the ball. Choosing the direct route he put his head down and charged into the blind alley, only to be held over the line.
This is where the Wallabies find England are at the moment: admirably in pursuit of a complete game that requires their tight forwards to distribute as well as destroy, but only in the early stages of that journey. It will not always be smooth sailing.
That England are even contemplating a more expansive approach might come as some surprise, but the level of misunderstanding between the hemispheres show no signs of abating. In the south there is the temptation to perpetually see English rugby as 16 fat men having a pushing contest in Midlands mud while the Oxbridge-educated backs go through their kicking routines, even though the likes of Harlequins and Gloucester can play stuff that is pleasing to the eye, especially in drier conditions.
Similarly, Super Rugby is sneered at as a touch competition but drop a European side into Brisbane (on a good day), anywhere in New Zealand, or Durban and the packs would spend most of the day being blasted out of the breakdown zone. But it's best not to get too precious about it, even when these misconceptions are mined by some or even perpetuated – a bit of jousting, in the right spirit, is part of the fun.
England's attempt to play with more craft did not start last weekend – the intent was obvious from their narrowly failed pursuit of New Zealand's Wayne Smith earlier this year – but it certainly showed they were serious about it. Second-rower Geoff Parling showed soft hands to deliver short passes to change the point of attack and his locking partner Tom Palmer's first instinct in the tackle was often to look for a quick recycle. Meanwhile, No.8 Thomas Waldrom – who looks a little leaner than the version Australian fans will remember from his Super Rugby days – was always looking for an offload in contact and Manu Tuilagi likewise. Yes, it was against weaker opposition but England's methodical coach, Stuart Lancaster, is presumably using every minute of every Test as a building block for the 2015 World Cup in his backyard.
And if Wallabies fans are looking for a specific pattern of play to be wary of, it might be this: From the lineout England like to use their captain, Chris Robshaw – a tall openside by Australian standards – at the tail, then quick ball from No.9 Danny Care into midfield for Brad Barritt or Tuilagi in the first phase. Then into the mitts – again, with pace – of five-eighth Toby Flood with the key option – fullback Alex Goode – outside him. If it gets to Goode then alarm bells should be ringing. The Saracen is an able ball-player as well as a runner, England's second distributor to make up for the lack of subtlety in the midfield, and he has a couple of sharp finishers with him in the back three. Chris Ashton is the better known, but the Gloucester man Charlie Sharples looks like trouble. He has proper, eye-catching pace, directness and can work congested conditions. Australia's right flank will have to be on its guard.
Of course, England fans will forgive Cole and Marler for not satisfying all the requirements of the new-age prop if they fulfil a more traditional role: the demolition of an Australian scrum that is so universally anticipated, so expected, that English attempts to talk up a Wallabies backlash this week were doomed to failure. Mounting an Australian defence of the set-piece after Paris is a fool's errand although one thing must be remembered: rugby is such a consistently contrary game that it would be typical of it not to make the scrum the defining act of the contest.
So what, then, for Australian hopes? Better than the $3.40 trading price, in part because the gap between where England want to be (the All Blacks in periods of their game against Scotland) and where they've come from is so large. Two statistics show the distance Lancaster has to take them. Of all the Six Nations and Rugby Championship teams this year so far, England still kick the most frequently, on average every 33 seconds, and have the fewest amount of offloads a game, 3.9. For all their good intentions, England are a work in progress, and Australia knows better than most what vulnerability that wretched tag brings.
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The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.