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Reduce & Seduce: sale at Agent Provocateur
23 July, 2013
Written by Fashion Fox in Sale Spotter
We like to bring you the bargains that can be nabbed from your favourite designers and brands and with this blisteringly hot weather bikinis are now just part of everyday dress, OK maybe not if you work in a regular office, such are the pleasures of being the boss, I can set the dress code we're both in shorts and T-shirts if truth be told, but I've got my bikini on underneath ready to make a dash for the ponds sporting one of my favourite swimsuits, you've gathered I have thing for swimwear. We're pretty lucky at Fashion Fox and Menswear Style as we're based in Hampstead so yes we can sneak off at lunchtime to go for a swim. Agent Provocateur's current range of bikinis and swim suits is inspired by James Bond or rather the sassy girls with sassy names who enjoyed beating him up...in a bikini.
Bikini Tuesday probably isn't such a great idea, unless you can work for yourself and have a Soho House membership and "work" by the pool. Bikini Tuesday in the City? yowsers that could be disasterous because the payback is that the blokes would wear their trolleys, never mind the letching either way nobody wants that. But pulses to race harder, hearts beat faster and love or lust in summer rages harder than in winter, so maybe treat yourself to some discounted pretty black lace underwear, such as the Casey or Fifi ranges. Even if you haven't got a date, good underwear always makes me feel more confident and not a little smug.
Enjoy this hot summer sale and let us know what you bargains you nabbed...and even if you managed to con your boss in to Bikini Tuesday/Wednesday/... if only for a laugh.
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Whether you need to refuel after a muscle-burning ride up Mount Lemmon or you're looking for a spot to meet your friends for brunch, the self-described "European style espresso bar and patisserie" Le Buzz Caffé has been serving up tasty food for 20 years on Tucson's northeast side. Owner Margaret Hadley points to French and Italian cafés as the original inspiration for the menu, with an additional emphasis on Southwestern flavors added when Le Buzz began serving breakfast. A variety of tantalizing baked goods drawn from "all-American comfort food" round out the menu.
Hadley says Le Buzz Caffé was one of the first restaurants in Tucson to roast its own coffee, and they take pride in both the coffee they serve and the beans they sell. We ordered a latte and a mocha, and the coffee lives up to the hype: smooth and without bitterness, and the chocolate flavor of the mocha is subtle yet sweet.
Our entrées quickly followed the coffee. The Scrambled Eggs ($5.50) come with a choice of toast or French roll, and it was just the right size meal for a modest appetite. The eggs were light and buttery, with a fluffy texture and good mouthfeel. The roll, served with butter and raspberry jam, had a nice crust and was a substantial companion for the eggs.
If you're used to the hefty tortilla-bound morning meals served up at Mexican fast food joints, the Le Buzz Breakfast Burrito ($8.50) will seem small by comparison. Don't let the compact size fool you. This burrito was big on taste, with crispy bits of bacon and perfectly cooked home fries, scrambled eggs, fresh pico de gallo, and cheddar cheese. The roasted tomatillo salsa is sweet with a mild heat, marking this dish as a Southwestern favorite that is safe for all palates.
Le Buzz's House-Made Chorizo Potato Hash with Poached Egg ($9.50) is only served on the weekends, so I jumped at the chance. The egg was expertly poached, the toast crusty and light, and the sliced avocado perched on top was decadent. The chorizo, potato, bell pepper, and onion hash was flavorful but not spicy, with browned potatoes.
We capped off our meal with a piece of Apple Almond Cake, which was everything we could wish for in a breakfast dessert. Almond and brown sugar crumbles topped a lightly sweet cake, with a generous portion of baked apple filling making the end result resemble an apple pie with cake instead of pastry.
Before Le Buzz Caffé opened their doors two decades ago, Hadley tells me they posted a notice in the shop window saying they hoped to "provide … customers with an espresso bar in the European tradition, with great coffee and pastries and an inviting atmosphere in which to enjoy them." The menu may have expanded, but that hope continues to be realized.
Le Buzz Caffé.
9121 E. Tanque Verde Road. 520.749.3903.
A family-owned restaurant responsible for bringing Mexico City food to Arizona-residing mouths since 1969, La Parrilla Suiza has deep roots in Tucson, with three locations in Tucson and two in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The recipes are drawn from family tradition, and many items from the original menu continue to be served today.
In the mood for gobs of melty queso and a margarita or two, I grabbed a couple of friends and headed to La Parrilla Suiza's Speedway location for dinner. A complementary trio of salsas and fresh corn chips set the stage for the rest of our meal and helped take the edge off our appetites. Gilbert Aguilar, the general manager for the Speedway location, says the salsas are made fresh daily, and I found the green tomatillo salsa to be particularly outstanding, which Aguilar credits to the combination of tomatillo and avocado.
For my drink, I figured go big or home: I ordered the Cadillac Margarita ($9.99), which is made with 1800 Tequila, Grand Marnier, and fresh lime juice. Available blended or on the rocks, this is a large drink and will easily last an entire meal (mine did).
As for the melty queso, we ordered the smaller Queso Suizo ($8.49, serves 2) as an appetizer for the table, and proceeded to shovel heaping spoonfuls of cheese into hand-sized flour tortillas. While the Queso Suizo can be ordered with a topping of chorizo, I found the cheese and tortillas alone to be a rich and flavorful dish as is.
Our entrées arrived in short order, with the award for most dramatic presentation going to the Parillada de Pollo ($15.99). Delivered on a table grill loaded with live coals to keep the dish hot, the Parillada was a colorful jumble of sautéed chicken breast, bacon, onions, and bell peppers intended for scooping into handmade corn tortillas; it comes with a side of charro beans. Aguilar tells me La Parrilla Suiza makes the masa in house daily, and the tortillas are made throughout the day. Walking past the open kitchen, we watched more tortillas being made, the cook's hands scooping masa and transforming it into small flat circles waiting their turn on the griddle.
For those looking to feed an outsized appetite, the Platillo Mixto con Bistec combination platter ($12.99) promises not to disappoint. Two bistec tacos and a single-person serving of Queso Suiza topped by chorizo, grilled bell peppers, and avocado, along with sides of rice and charro beans, occupied what was easily the largest plate on our table. The chorizo, bell peppers, and avocado take the cheese-in-tortilla portion of the dish up a notch in complexity of flavor, and the bistec tacos were true to their street food origins: simple and satisfying.
As luck would have it, my own entrée turned out to be my favorite: the Enchiladas Suizas ($12.99), filled with chicken and soaked in La Parrilla Suiza's house-made red enchilada sauce, packed a ton of flavor into three of those fresh corn tortillas. The sauce, made with ancho and guajillo chiles, brought a gorgeous smoky flavor to the dish and played off well against the well-salted chicken.
We finished our meal with an order of flan ($5.25): creamy and thick, with just the right amount of caramel, it was the perfect way to round out our meal. We left La Parrilla Suiza reminded of why they remain a go-to spot for Tucson Mexican cuisine.
La Parrilla Suiza. 5602 E. Speedway Blvd. LaParrillaSuiza.com.
When I'm in the mood for some perfectly crisped, golden brown pancakes, I point my mouth toward Good Day Café. Tucked inside an unassuming shopping center on Speedway just east of Craycroft, Good Day Café has grown a devoted following since opening in August 2013. Their business model is simple: serve up scratch-made food at competitive prices. Owner Susan Duran points to their clientele as the deciding factor for the Good Day Café's price point. "We want to make our customers happy and still make a profit, but I'm not going to raise more than I have to," she says. She estimates that most menu items fall about $2 below what similar restaurants charge. Lower prices haven't resulted in a lower quality dining experience: the tuxedo T-shirt-clad employees are all smiles when we arrive for breakfast on a sunny Sunday morning.
My short stack of pancakes ($3.99) was fresh off the griddle, featuring the crispy finish over a fluffy interior with just the right balance of salt and sweet that pancake dreams are made of. I asked Duran what makes the pancakes at Good Day Café so good. She points to the batter for the flavor—"We use a combination of cinnamon and vanilla, and a secret ingredient that I'm not going to tell you"—and gives the kitchen credit for the griddle-flipped perfection: "That's my cooks. There's nothing we [have to] do with that."
Duran emphasizes the importance of experience when she considers who to hire. "When I hire a line cook, they have to have five years' experience," she says. They also have to be great at working as a team: "It's two [cooks] back there; they have to read each other's minds on what they're doing." That teamwork aesthetic holds true for all the café's staff, with menu items resulting from input from the servers, cooks, and Duran herself, who says she considers her employees to be like family.
It turned out I wasn't the only person in the mood for griddle food that Sunday. The potato pancakes ($7.99 for a combo plate) deviated from the usual approach to potato pancakes, mixing savory potatoes, green peppers, and red onions into regular pancake batter. The result is a bit sweeter than a traditional potato pancake, but still up to pairing with sour cream and applesauce for a potato-licious dish.
The chicken and waffles ($7.99) showcased Good Day Café's fried chicken, an item I don't often encounter due to my tendency to order breakfast items (read: pancakes) every time I eat at the café. The breading on the chicken was thick and crunchy, without being overly greasy, and the seasoning was right on: not too salty, with enough pepper to bring out the flavor, but not so much that it hides the chicken. We slathered on the hot sauce and syrup and got to work.
I asked Duran if there were any menu items that she takes special pride in. She points first to The Hobo ($7.49), a breakfast special featuring two eggs, two sausage patties, and hash browns, "all layered in a big heaping pile." I recommend taking portion size warnings seriously at Good Day Café. I've had The Hobo, and I took about two-thirds of it home after admitting defeat. Duran's other menu favorite is Good Day Café's annual NFL Burger series ($9.29 for a burger). The staff dream up a different burger for each team in the NFL (32 in total), and then remove burgers from the menu as their corresponding teams get eliminated in the playoffs. The winning team's burger stays on the menu all year.
Whether you're seeking a cheap and tasty breakfast or a hearty lunch in midtown Tucson, Good Day Café has you covered—and the variety of their menu and consistent service is likely to make you a return customer.
Good Day Café. 5683 E. Speedway Blvd. 520.722.9621.
A destination for fine dining in central Tucson, Feast has established itself as a home for unexpected and exciting flavor combinations and food served in a relaxed atmosphere perfect for everything from Sunday brunch to a work luncheon to date night.
Grabbing an early lunch with a friend, I was delighted to discover that Feast begins serving from their happy hour menu the moment they open until 6 p.m. every day. My inner cocktail nerd rejoiced, opting for the Waifs and Strays, a rye whiskey cocktail featuring Grand Hop liqueur ($7.50 happy hour). It successfully integrated the bitter tang of hops with muddled orange and lemon, keeping the drink from becoming overly sweet while also avoiding the realm of IPAs. Chef and owner Doug Levy and his bar staff can be thanked for the variety of culinary-inclined adult beverages, though Levy has a sense of humor when it comes to his contributions: "Much to the dismay of the bartenders, I do create a lot of the cocktails, and since I've never been a bartender, the cocktails I make are usually more work than a cocktail needs to be." I'm always on the hunt for nonsweet cocktails, so I was already delighted with my choice, but the complementary pairing of a rich, savory arugula potato pancake topped with crisped pork belly took the experience over the top. Levy points to the happy hour specials as an opportunity to expose people to something new, with the additional encouragement of a free snack. "You'll see things that we think you should be drinking, as opposed to the stuff that people customarily order without thinking about it."
Feast is known for their substantial wine cellar. We ordered a glass of 2013 German Messwein, paired with an asparagus and goat cheese frittata ($8 happy hour). The wine was delicious: dry, with lemon and honey notes, but the frittata is what really shone in this pairing. I have never eaten eggs so fluffy and moist, and when combined with the saltiness of the goat cheese and the tender pieces of asparagus, this little rectangle of flavor was positively sinful in its appeal. I asked Levy what makes the frittata so good. "We beat a little bit of the goat cheese into the cream that we in turn beat into the eggs, [then] bake it in a convection oven, which gives it more lift," he says. Also important? Quality local ingredients: "We use really good eggs from Zamudio Farms down in Elfrida."
It's not easy to pick an entrée from Feast's menu: everything sounds amazing. We finally settled on two, with help from our server, Renee. I ordered the vegetarian-friendly Butternut-Spinach-Niçoise Olive Tart ($17), and my friend ordered the Seared Beeler's Heluka Pork Chop ($25). We were both eager to experience the unusual sounding ingredient combinations in our entrées.
Levy points to seasonality of ingredients and balance of flavor and texture as the driving factors behind Feast's menu, which changes monthly. He also likes to push his boundaries with unfamiliar ingredients. "I'll go to an ethnic market and just buy stuff that I have no idea what to do with and see what contribution it can make to a dish, or use herbs and spices I haven't worked with before to see what we can do with them, or put them in a new context," he says. For example, "Ajwain might not even be noticeable in Indian or Pakistani food, but it really pops when you use it in a dish that people perceive as Western."
The pork chop arrived beautifully plated, the bright colors of the broccolini, kumquat marmalade, and tangy pickled beet relish popping off the plate. If you prefer your steak a little on the rarer side, you'd probably enjoy the pork chop cooked similarly. The meat was tender and extra flavorful; it's brined in a mix of sugar, salt, shallot, garlic, peppercorn, and star anise, and had a beautiful caramelized finish. This dish only got better as the meal went on. The crisp bits of pumpernickel toast, while initially valuable for adding a crunchy texture to the meal, began to soak up the flavors from the plate, along with the broccolini, whose firm-to-the-bite saltiness played well against the sweet flavors on the plate.
The tart was a flavor revelation—rich and hearty, with the aggressive flavor of kalamata olives tempered by the soft sweetness of butternut squash. Flaky pastry encircled the vibrant filling, strong enough to hold its own as we attacked the tart. The warm sautéed Brussels sprout leaf, lily flower, and walnut salad served on the side was an adventure all on its own, with the sweetness of honey and crunch of walnuts making it as delicious to mix in with a bite of tart as to eat alone.
We finished our meal with Feast's Shortbread ($8), a layered treat that featured the juxtaposition of a delicate shortbread, a light and fluffy star anise cremeux, and a dense caramel bavarois (a caramel thickened with gelatin), topped by a pear simmered in thin liquid caramel. Served with fresh berries, it was the perfect ending to an elegant and memorable lunch.
3719 E. Speedway Blvd. 520.326.9363.
If you're seeking a Hatch chile fix, believe the best enchiladas are served flat, or just want a plate heaped with delicious food that won't break the bank, Poco and Mom's is the spot for you. They've been serving up New Mexican cuisine in Tucson since 1999. In 2014, they opened their Cantina location, featuring expanded hours, an appetizer menu and full bar, and a banquet room for special events.
I couldn't resist the opportunity to try something off the Cantina drink menu, and opted for the Hatch Margarita ($8), made with Hatch chile-infused Zapopan reposado. Limey and sweet, with a good kick, this drink both refreshes and sets a small fire at the back of your throat. I enjoyed it.
I asked Carol Gibson, manager at Poco and Mom's Tanque Verde location, what distinguishes New Mexican cuisine from other Southwestern food. She pointed to subtle differences, such as enchiladas that are served flat instead of rolled, with corn tortillas stacked on top of one another and the option to order eggs on top as being "a New Mexico thing." Perhaps most important, all of the chiles served at Poco and Mom's are from New Mexico, guaranteeing that diners experience that authentic Hatch flavor.
Fair warning: New Mexico food is served spicy, and Poco and Mom's portions are large. Come with a big appetite and taste buds ready for heat.
Poco and Mom's website declares, "It's hard not to be addicted to this place," and I have to agree. Our entrées came out slathered with sauce and cheese, the very definition of comfort food. Mom's Red Chile Chicken Enchiladas ($11.49) came with a generous helping of rice and beans on the side and a good amount of heat on the tongue; the shredded chicken was tender and flavorful. Both the beans and rice contain meat in the form of bacon fat and chicken stock, respectively, and while this doesn't make them veggie-friendly, it does make them delicious for those who eat meat. The beans in particular are outstanding: creamy, salty, and capable of inspiring return visits for frijoles alone.
If you're having trouble deciding what to eat, Poco and Mom's Best of New Mexico Combo Plate ($12.99) gives you a chance to experience a bit of everything. The platter features a green chile chicken enchilada, a sauce-drenched chile relleno, and red shredded beef taco, and includes sides of beans and rice. I swapped out the rice for an extra-cheesy bowl of calabacitas, and was treated to tender squash and onions swimming in rich tomato flavor. The tortillas used at Poco and Mom's are made in Phoenix and shipped down daily, and provided an excellent backbone for both my enchilada and taco. While not the most aesthetically appealing plate I've ever eaten, my taste buds were in heaven as I worked my way through the food, and I went home with a full belly, a full carton of leftovers, and a big smile on my face. ✜
Poco and Mom's Cantina.
7000 E. Tanque Verde Road. 520.296.9759.
Kate Selby is a local-living enthusiast and craft cocktail chaser living in Tucson. She received her bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona.


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On Sept. 15th I presented "Working with High Conflict Clients: Ethics and Risk Management" to over 300 mental health professionals in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, sponsored by J & K Seminars. This was a new approach for me, in that I combined the issues and behavior of high conflict people (who often have personality disorders or traits) with discussing ways to manage them in the therapy setting, rather than legal settings – like family court, mediation, etc.
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So I've been bawling for the last 30 minutes...why? well I cant explain right now...we have to go over to steven's aunt's house. PUKE! I'll explain later. -Cat
oh yeah....happy frigin holidays
So today Steven's grandma called and wanted us to come over for Dinner at his Aunts house....and that would be fine except the dinner was at 3...we ate lunch at 1....and when they called...it was 2. So we had no warning...no notice...no NOTHING. We told them that we were sorry, but we were getting ready for tomorrow at our place, and that we just couldn't come over. (We felt bad, but they didn't feel the need to let us kow ahead of time and we DO have lives of our own!) Anywho, not 5 minutes later, Steven's aunt called. (I called her a bully most of the time, but its the holidays so I'll be nice) She called and told us that we had better show up for atleast a few minutes because grandma had drove down for dinner. WELL EXCUSE ME...THAT MIGHT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IS THEY HAD CALLED US NOT THE DAY OF!
So steven gets off the phone and informs me of what she had ORDERED us to do. I'll mention now that I do NOT like his family....they are rude and insensative...but expect us to give them all the courtesies in the world. BULLSHIT ! So after stressing out about what we should do...I call my mom for some outsiders advice. And being the brillent woman that she is....she offers a compromise. We don't go over today since we have a shitload of stuff to get done, but go over there sometime tomorrow...and drive up to amagosa valley (a 100 mile dirve one way BTW) to go visit Grandma. It sounded like a good compromise and I ask Steven what he thinks...He say it sounds good.
Now this is where I cry....I call his aunt and apologize to the extreme that we can't come over today, but that we can come over tomorrow afternoon, and that we'll drive up to grandma's house and make the day of it. Well that bitch has the nerve to put me on a guilt trip. She says that we are SO insensitive, and that we don't care about Steven's grandma. She tells me how she's been in the hospital for the last week or so with heart problems and that it would mean the world to her if we were there. (LET ME JUST SAY...WE WERE NOT TOLD ONE GOD DAMN WORD OF THIS SO CALLED HOSPITAL STAY...NOT ONE WORD! IF ITS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BE INVOLVED IN THE DINNER CRAP...THEY WHY NOT INVOLVE US IN THE FAMILY WORRY STUFF TOO? IE: GRANDMA BEING IN THE HOSPITAL!?!?)
At this point I'm feeling like as ASS but figuring that i could talk to grandma and make it all ok. Well she's in RARE form and says that I'm hurting her on purpose....and that she's now pissed. Great LOOK AT ME...I've now pissed a woman off that has a heart condition! So I say that we'll be there in 20 minutes and we hang up, but not before she says..."great, see you when you get here" THE NERVE!!!!!
So yeah....Christmas eve has sucked, but we are now home and things are getting much better. Caleb is in bed, for the night I hope. All the presents are out....Santa stopped by early...he had lots of things to do tonight ya know. And now Steven is loading a movie for us to watch. I hope that things go perfect tomorrow. My parents are going to be getting online and we are going to be web casting our christmas present opening. It's the closest thing to having my family here for the holidays.
MOVIE TIME - bye for now - Cat
PS Chris and Kent - I hope that you guys have a great christmas
Corinne - Love ya, I'm so gald that we are talking again
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DUDE! I cannot believe the nerve of that woman! Seriously, at Caleb's birthday party it was all I could do to be civil to the bitch.
I hope you guys have a great Christmas too! And I'm still planning on watching Caleb for you guys on the 28th, so just let me know what you are planning OK? Sorry I'm still sick and not in the best of the holiday spirit...I'm having a really hard time even staying up right now waiting for the boys to go to bed. Hopefully, I'll feel better soon...LOTS better lol.
I hope you guys have a great Christmas too! And I'm still planning on watching Caleb for you guys on the 28th, so just let me know what you are planning OK? Sorry I'm still sick and not in the best of the holiday spirit...I'm having a really hard time even staying up right now waiting for the boys to go to bed. Hopefully, I'll feel better soon...LOTS better lol.
Ack! I know how inlaws are my husbands family is the same way, they expect me to come all the way to Nevada (1800 miles) to have Tyler see them for 3 dayas I told them I dont have the money for it and they got PISSIE with me!


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We finally got the chance to see the Atlanta Falcons take the field with Dan Quinn as their head coach, and $20 pair of khakis aside, things for the most part looked very good in their 31-24 preseason-opening win over the Tennessee Titans on Friday evening.
The starting offense looked sharp in its' lone series of action, which is all one asks for in the first preseason game. It made perfect sense since there has always been the expectation that it would be the unit most likely to hit the ground running with the new coaching staff. New offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan isn't reinventing anything in Atlanta's offense this season, just retooling it.
The starting offense looked strong, mounting a 10-play, 91-yard drive to kick off action on Friday night. Most of those yards came via the air as quarterback Matt Ryan connected with wide receiver Julio Jones four times for 61 yards. It's not exactly ground-breaking that the Falcons offense will mostly revolve around Ryan getting the ball to Jones.
Preseason Win Hints At Falcons' High Use of Play Action in 2015
The only notable change with the Falcons' passing game was how much that opening series featured play action, something I wrote about last month. Half of Ryan's six passes included a fake to a running back, with two of them being the team's longest passes for 26 and 16 yards, both to Jones. The fake handoffs to the running backs pulled up the Titans linebackers and allowed Jones to get behind them for big gains both times. The third play-action pass was meant to be another big gain to Jones, but Ryan wound up checking it down to fullback Patrick DiMarco in the flat for a 12-yard gain when unblocked pressure off the edge rushed his throw.
Coupled with the four actual runs the Falcons had on their opening series, one could say that seven of the team's 10 offensive plays revolved around the running game. That's primarily the retooling that Shanahan seeks to do as Quinn hopes to bring much more balance to a Falcons offense that hasn't been missing it for some time.
No team threw the ball a higher percentage of plays than the Falcons did collectively over the past three seasons, with 65.2 percent of their offensive plays being passes. Quinn comes from a Seattle Seahawks team that saw the least amount of passes of any team in the league, passing the ball 47.1 percent of their offensive plays over that same span. While it's highly doubtful that the Falcons reach Seahawks levels of run dominance in 2015, the expectation should fully be that the team approaches more closely to the league average over the past three years, which has been 58.1 percent of offensive plays being passes.
While the Falcons weren't very effective trying to move the ball on the ground, gaining just five yards on four runs, there's reason to be optimistic once lead running backs Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman return from hamstring injuries later this summer that things will improve. Also the Falcons are still tinkering with their offensive line and might not have settled yet on which five players are the team's best options moving forward. After all, the only real negative from the offensive throughout Friday night was the lack of openings for the team's backs.
While the Falcons won't require having a dominant running game to be an effective play-action team this year, they do have to remain committed to the run. The Browns offense coordinated by Shanahan a year ago had the fourth-highest percentage of quarterback pass plays involving play-action according to Pro Football Focus' data.
According to the premium website, 29 percent of the Browns' dropbacks included play action a year ago, yet the team only ranked 17th in the NFL in rushing yards. However, they ranked sixth in rushing attempts on the season showing the importance of being committed to the running game since it involves defenses reacting to play action that makes it effective. Even though the Browns' running game was fairly average in 2014, opposing teams still had to respect it because of the team's propensity to keep the ball on the ground. Thus linebackers and safeties were more likely to bite on their run keys, providing that extra second's worth of hesitation to allow Browns receivers to slip in behind them for big gains.
The result of this was that Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer had one of the biggest increases in his passing yards per attempt on play-action passes (10.1) versus non-play-action plays (6.5). Hoyer's yards per attempt increased by 3.6 yards, which was the fourth highest among NFL regulars at quarterback last season. We already saw a substantial increase for Ryan on Friday night, as he averaged 18 yards on his three play-action pass attempts versus 7.3 yards per attempt on non-play-action passes. Obviously, the small sample size skews the results, but it's just a hint of what is to come in Atlanta this season.
Falcons Defense Looked Fast and Physical
However the Falcons' defense under might have been the most surprising unit from Friday's win over the Titans. Quinn preached "fast and physical" play upon his hiring by the team last February and that's exactly what we saw among the starting units.
The Falcons' defensive starters forced a pair of turnovers in just ten snaps of work on the Titans' opening two drives. The first was an excellent read by new linebacker Justin Durant, picking off Titans rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota on a screen pass. The play was somewhat reminiscent of another interception by a Falcons linebacker several years ago, where Sean Weatherspoon picked off Drew Brees on botched checkdown to running back Chris Ivory.
This time Titans running back Bishop Sankey was unable to locate the throw in the air but Durant did, reading the play beautifully to set up a Falcons field goal and push the team's lead to 10-0. The fact that Durant's interception was similar to that of Weatherspoon's is foretelling since Durant is expected to fill a very Spoon-like role in the defense this season.
Weatherspoon, the team's defensive leader from the past few years, was not re-signed by the team this offseason likely in large part because the team didn't want to pony up money for a player that had trouble remaining healthy.
The team filled that void quickly by adding Durant, another player that has been prone to injury over the years. Durant has missed on average roughly four games per year over the course of his seven-year professional career. However, the Falcons have already begun taking steps to limit his reps this summer in the hopes that it results in Durant's first year where he starts all 16 games is his eighth season here in Atlanta in 2015. Based off Friday night's action, things are certainly looking up for the veteran linebacker.
Babineaux Benefits From Lighter Workload
The Falcons' other forced turnover against the Titans was generated by a long-time veteran in defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux, whose pressure on Mariota caused the ball to slip from his grasp upon for a fumble. Linebacker Paul Worrilow scooped up the loose ball and ran it in for a touchdown, giving the Falcons a 17-0 lead little more than 10 minutes into the game.
Like Durant, it's notable that Babineaux was the player that made that play as he hopes that Quinn's arrival can have a transformative effect on the remainder of his career. As noted before, Babineaux has played the sixth-most snaps of any defensive tackle in the league combined over the past three seasons. Over that span, he has played 2,486 snaps or 75 percent of the team's combined 3,331 plays according to Pro Football Focus.
That number is 841 more plays than the next highest defensive tackle in Corey Peters, who had 1,645 snaps combined over the past three years. When you realize that Babineaux has averaged 829 defensive snaps per year since 2012, you realize that his body has taken an entire season's worth of more tear than the next most-played defensive tackle on the team.
However on Friday night, Babineaux appeared in just five defensive snaps. At first glance that is not overly notable since the team's other starters along the defensive line (excluding rookie edge-rusher Vic Beasley) also played just five snaps. But what is notable is that along with incoming pass-rushers Adrian Clayborn and O'Brien Schofield, all of Babineaux's snaps came in the team's nickel sub-package.
The fact that six of the team's main defensive linemen all played five snaps is very Quinn-esque. That was the case with the Seahawks in 2013, when exactly seven of that team's defensive linemen played between 46 and 58 percent of the team's total regular-season snaps. Beasley would make the seventh of the group, playing all 10 of the defensive snaps in which the Falcons' starting offense was on the field because he played in both base and nickel. The others were clearly split into two distinct groups of players with the aforementioned trio being the nickel group, while Paul Soliai, Tyson Jackson and Ra'Shede Hageman, the team's three biggest additions on defense last year, becoming the base group of personnel.
It's ironic given how much emphasis former Falcons head coach Mike Smith put on beefing up the run defense that Quinn might be the coach that actually reaps the benefits of it by putting a trio of 300-plus-pounders on the field. The only major question that remains unanswered is whether the 246-pound Beasley will be joining them and become the team's lone every-down player? Based off Quinn's history in Seattle, the answer is probably no.
It's likely the Falcons will feature a heavy rotation of the group and the dichotomy seen in the group in this first preseason action won't be as strict once the regular season arrives. But the goal will be to ask certain players to do what they do best: stop the run, while others will primarily focus on putting heat on opposing quarterbacks and the Falcons will heavily rotate the group to keep all of them fresh.
Is Paul Worrilow Improving?
Worrilow, who recovered the fumble forced by Babineaux, is another player that hopes that Quinn's arrival will be a renaissance for his career. Following a very disappointing 2014 campaign after a promising rookie year, Worrilow really needs a kick in the pants this season. In a limited sample, the third-year linebacker gave reason for optimism. Worrilow managed to do something against the Titans, that he rarely did a year ago: beat a blocker in the hole.
Check out the following GIF where Worrilow takes on and beats Titans tight end Anthony Fasano at the point of attack to help on the tackle:
This one play doesn't suddenly make Worrilow into a "standout" linebacker, but it does at least suggest that improvement is coming for the third-year linebacker.
Worrilow certainly is a player that needs it as there's a good chance that middle linebacker becomes one of the team's biggest offseason priorities in 2016 if he doesn't have a better year. Quinn benefited from the presence of Bobby Wagner at middle linebacker during his final two years in Seattle. But throughout the coach's career as a defensive line coach, his teams have always featured quality players in the middle. When Quinn was coaching the line in 2009 and 2010 in Seattle, that player was Lofa Tatupu. David Harris, Zach Thomas and current Falcons linebacker coach Jeff Ulbrich were middle linebackers for his respective stints with the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. It remains to be seen if Worrilow can play at a level comparable to these other players.
Speaking of Ulbrich, he's likely very willing to try and get his hands on his former protege at UCLA, linebacker Myles Jack, next offseason unless Worrilow can give him reasons not to. Jack is moving from outside to inside linebacker this year, which is timely. In my forecast of the 2018 season, I projected that Jack would land with the Falcons as their top draft selection in 2016.
Right now, probably the biggest obstacle for a player like Jack landing with the Falcons is simply that he'll get drafted earlier than when the Falcons pick eight months from now. But at least after Friday night's game there's a slightly higher chance than before that the Falcons might pass on Jack because they already have a competent man in the middle. It will be up to Worrilow to continue to show improvement throughout the rest of the year to become that man.


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Worldwide sales of Toyota hybrid vehicles have topped the two million mark, as of August 31, 2009. Since the launch of the world's first mass-produced hybrid, the Prius, in Japan in 1997, more than 2.01 million hybrid vehicles have been sold worldwide.
Toyota currently sells 13 hybrid models in 50 countries and regions across the globe, including three commercial vehicle models in Japan. This year, TMC continued to expand its hybrid vehicle lineup, launching the Lexus "RX450h" in April, the third-generation Prius in May and the Lexus "HS250h"-the first dedicated Lexus hybrid model-in July.
Toyota calculates that since 1997, its hybrid vehicles have led to approximately 11 million fewer tons1 of CO2 emissions would have been emitted by petrol-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance.
Toyota aims to sell one million hybrid vehicles globally a year by the early 2010s.


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The Open: Final round live notebook
Update 27 – Our Champion Golfer of the Year Rory McIlroy can't stop looking at the Claret Jug in his post-round interview.
"It feels absolutely incredible. It's sort of cool that they put your name on there even before you get it. So that was a nice little touch.
"Just to be sitting here and looking at this thing and having my name on it, it's a great feeling."
Update 26 – Brilliant stuff from Sergio and Rickie in their post-round interviews. Both incredibly gracious in defeat.
Sergio: "At least I'm proud of the way I played. I wanted to at least make him feel a little bit and see how he would respond. And he obviously responded well. Because I got within two, but every time I got closer, he kept making one birdie and not letting me get any closer than that."
Rickie: "Congratulations to Rory. He played awesome. And it was just kind of fun to throw a few shots at him coming in. To see him win was pretty cool." JS
Update 25 – Followed Rory up until the 17th green but that was as far as my media access could get me. Fought through the crowds and unbelievably managed to get into the grandstand to see the winning putt. Electric atmosphere as he tapped in. Hats off to Sergio and Rickie for not allowing it to be a cake walk. That's easily the best major of 2014 so far. Fantastic stuff. JS
Update 24 – Drink it in Rory, you are the 143rd Open champion. A gutsy performance from the Northern Irishman today and he really has had a magical week. Even the media centre broke out in applause to acknowledge a fine champion. Rory is, without question, a modern-day great. Superb. JT
Update 23 – I stand corrected. You smack it into the bunker because you think you have a chance of holing it from there. It's so good from Rory even he breaks out into a smile. Very well played. JT
Update 22 – I know he has a two-shot lead but why would you take that on Rory? Hits it into the bunker on the 18th green. Down in no more than give to become the Open champion. I think we can call it now. JT
Update 21 – Wonderful tee shot from Rory at 18 to find the middle of the fairway with his two-iron. Just a par needed here. One more good shot and he will be the 2014 Open champion.
Update 20 – Oh yes Rory, that really is very very good. A wonderful chip over the bunker at 17 allows him to get up-and-down. Now, whatever you do don't hit the tee shot out of bounds down the right on the last… JT
Update 19 – Rory makes a crucial, crucial birdie at 16. That really is going to be so very important because it means the lead is now three and therefore one eagle at 18 isn't going to be enough for Sergio, so long as Rory doesn't do anything stupid. He's done this the hard way but you have to say that he deserves to finish the job. JT
Update 18 – Nobody seems to make that decisive move to catch Rory here. We said at the start of the day that we thought if McIlroy could shoot one-under-par, it would be enough to secure his first Claret Jug. Now three-up with just three holes to play. JT
Update 17 – Phil Mickelson's defence comes to an end in typically classy fashion with a 68. He'll be back.
"I think that shows that my game is not far off. To win this tournament you need to not only play great golf, but you need to have a few breaks and you need to have luck and you need to have some a good deal with some other factor that you can't control." JS
Update 16 – Sergio gets a very lucky break on 12 as his approach crashes into the grandstand but bounces to the fringe of the green and he makes par. With Rory struggling on 13, this could be some finish. If the Spaniard somehow gets hiss hands on the Claret Jug we could be talking about that for years to come. JS
Update 15 – I've just been inside the ropes with Rory and I can say that honestly, it was one of the best experiences I've ever had. Looks of pure steel in his eyes at the first drifted to concern and worry as we came through 4, 5 and 6, before getting it back together around the turn. The crowds are actually quite raucous out there and there was an awful moment at the 6th when Rickie Fowler had to pull away from his put as a guy yelled "SERGIO" as he addressed the ball. Nobody wants to see that. JT
Update 14 – I've wandered back to the media centre as Rory reaches the turn following a much needed birdie on 9. The wind was definitely picking up and it only took an 8-iron to carry the ball over the flag on the 198-yard hole. Walking back it was quite sad to see the holes which are now finished for the week. It's the sort of occasion you don't want to end, although I have run out of clothes. JS
Update 13 – There is quite a lot of love for Robert Karlsson out on the course who finds eagle at 5 and 10 to gain a share of third on -11. The big Swede has his own fan club out there. JS
Update 12 – Right it's showtime. JT has just headed off to the first tee to watch Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler get underway. Fowler will be hoping to make an early in-road into that six shot lead. Remember, Rory was six ahead of the American at the start of yesterday and they were level as Rory reached the 14th. JS
Update 11 – The crowds so far at Hoylake have been up on Royal Lytham in 2012 but down on 2006. All in all, I think we've had a fantastic tournament here at Royal Liverpool and the decision to have a two-tee start on Saturday proved to be a masterstroke. JS
Hoylake 2006: Practice days to Saturday: 184,819
Lytham 2012: Practice days to Saturday: 138,703
Hoylake 2014: Practice days to Saturday: 160,768
Update 10 – Here is our Open Champion in waiting rolling a few putts about an hour before getting his final round underway. Looks relaxed as ever and keen to get going I would imagine. JS
Update 9 – Ran into this guy outside the clubhouse who knows all about getting the job done on the final round of an Open Championship. JS
Update 8 – Huge crowds out on the course where many have followed Tiger Woods this morning. The 2006 champion wasn't exactly thrilling the galleries with his golf as he carded a 75 to finish on +6. It doesn't matter how he is playing, people still can't get enough of him. It's very hot out there – perfect for scoring, and ideal for getting sunburn. JS
Update 7 – Wonderful atmosphere in the tented village as people get stuck into some lunch and the odd pint or two… JT
Update 6 – There is still time to get a Beatles related Open Championship pun in before the tournament finishes. We've had some great ones so far and the best of the lot will win a prize. Get your thinking caps on people. JT
Update 5 – I've just spent the last hour or so in the company of the Golf Foundation at their Golf Roots stand here at Hoylake. The people there work tirelessly to help introduce more youngsters into the game and it was wonderful to see kids from 3+ trying their hand at various games. They have a section for Tri-Golf, which is for primary school children and is played with oversized clubs and soft balls, and one for Street Golf, where older children are challenged to hit balls into upturned bins and umbrellas. The kids were having a great time and I even managed to get in on the action and have a go myself. Just to quantify slightly, there was a 6-year-old on my team who had a better chipping action… JT
Update 4 – Right with three hours until the leaders go off, I'm heading to the 1st to watch Phil Mickelson and Angel Cabrera tee off. Neither are going to win but think it could great fun to watch. JS
Update 3 – Today could also be a very good day for Rory's dad, Gerry. Back when his son was 15, McIlroy Snr and three of his friends put £400 on him to win the Open by the time he was 26. The odds? 500-1. So a nice tidy return of £200,000 should Rory finish the job here at Hoylake.
Update 2 – There are no shortage of people out here at Hoylake today either, and you sense they can't really lose. If Rory wins then they will watch one of the great players of the modern generation secure his first Claret Jug, and if he loses it will surely rival Medinah as one of the biggest upsets in golf history. JT
Update 1 – Good morning from a very pleasant and sunny Royal Liverpool. The rain that we saw yesterday has cleared and it is dry and bright here with nothing more than a light breeze drifting in off the Irish Sea. You'd say that these conditions were pretty much ideal for golf, and what a day we have in store. Such drama last night with Rory McIlroy opening a six shot lead with two eagles in the final three holes. Surely he can't lose from here? JT


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After hitting some major design hurdles in Forevergotten, I decided to take a break from that project last night and return to my prior one: Billions and Billions of Bullets. I'm glad I did, too, because the issues that had previously halted my progress on that one a few months ago were easily overcome with time and a new perspective. Now I'm happily trucking along that creative track again, with some fresh new ideas and some fitting updates to old ones.
Probably the biggest update this time is that I've made a major breakthrough in redefining the four main Gun Characteristics, and how they tie into the core challenge mechanic. I'm pretty excited about this, because after a good couple of hours of work I had revamped the conflict rules and tooled them into something truly rewarding in all the ways they've been lacking until now. Faster-flowing, and with a speed-based strategy that I just love.
This weekend I'll be running my very first Dogs in the Vineyard game. Judd gave me some initial pointers and it was a purely downhill ride from there to create a town that I hope will really hook the players. I'll post the details after I run it. I'm hoping this can lead to a good three-to-five-session mini-campaign before we move to the next game in our new rotating group configuration.
This coming Monday – memorial Day! – sees the second annual May of the Dead celebration around the corner at Guardian Games. Last year's event was stellar fun, and this year's plans are promising to at least equal that level of awesome, if not exceed it.
My play-through of Alan Wake continues slowly, primarily because I'm playing it with at least two other very interested people watching along. We finished Chapter 3 on Wednesday night, and all were in agreement: that chapter took too damn long in comparison to the two that preceded it. On the other hand, if the following chapters are going to be that long as well, then maybe this game will have a satisfactory play length. That right now is a concern we all at my place share: that this game will be disappointingly short when played out-of-the box. My worry is that with two chapters of DLC already announced at launch time, this sixty-dollar new game might not actually be complete. If I finish the game without a feeling of satisfaction, I'm not certain how I will respond to that. The reviews have been pretty positive, however, so I'm not allowing myself to dwell too heavily on the possibility of disappointment just yet.
At this very moment, I'm glad to see that my XBox Live Gamertag here shows four of my favorite games on it, and one really awesome one that I mentioned just one paragraph above.
Here are some links:
- Yet Another Fantasy Gaming Comic – I devoured the entire 1300+ strip series of this over the past weekend, and want all of you to enjoy it as well. It made me laugh something fierce, but actually brought a couple of tears to my eyes at various points. A damn fine epic comic.
- Agree-a-Date – Got problems matching up your gaming schedules, or heck, your social calendars? This is the best free web tool I've found to organizing gatherings when the free time of the intended participants is hard to sync. I've used it several times, with smashing results.


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Morris won World Series with the Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins. The series that he won with the Minnesota Twins (1991) against the Atlanta Braves (in extra innings) was his greatest moment. He was voted the World Series MVP in 1991.
I remember watching Jack back in those days. The guy was great. He was lights out. He was a great professional who took his craft seriously. He prepared well and gave it all he had and he won three World Series. Did I mention that already?
Morris was an AL All-Star 6 times and finished 3rd in CY Young voting twice and was in the top 10 in CY Young voting 7 times. Did I say he won three World Series? That's pretty good isn't it?
Jack was also a 5 time All-Star.
I have something to say to the baseball writers who didn't vote for Jack; You don't know Jack. You should take your whacky tabacky to Colorado and leave us all alone with your nonsense. I'm just kidding here but I do think that these writers are living in dumb land.
Morris was 4-2 in World Series pitching. I believe that winning championships should count. That's why they play the game. That's why they play the game. Many players can pad their statistics but how many have won a World Series?
Maddux and Glavine (who were inducted in the Hall) were great pitchers with great statistics but they managed to win only one World Series. They sure had great teams and won their division year after year in the 1990's but they only won one World Series.
I do think that those two players deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. I would argue that they should be ranked ahead of Jack Morris but Jack was a winner and when opponents faced him in the World Series they didn't have much luck.
Did the baseball writers who submitted their ballots without a vote for Jack Morris even do their research about Jack? Do they know anything about Jack? Do they know what they are doing? Are they competent?
I will say it again and again. These clowns don't know Jack. They are clueless. They are a bunch of hacks.
I'm disgusted that Jack Morris wasn't voted into the Hall of Fame. His great career backs up the fact that he should have been elected into it. Remembering Morris pitch, takes me back to a time when I enjoyed watching the game the most.
When Jack Morris won the World Series with the Minnesota Twins, I wasn't happy. I was a huge Atlanta Braves fan back then but I still had a lot of respect and appreciation for how he pitched.
Now that I live in Minnesota and love the Twins, I appreciate his accomplishments even more. Fans of the twins and people who live in the Twin Cities remember him fondly as well. I believe that they are just as upset as I am right now.
Jack Morris was robbed of his rightful place in the Hall of Fame. Leaving Jack out of the Hall is a slap in the face to the game and makes me think that the voting process lacks honesty, integrity and common sense.


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If you search for this word 'Bibliophanzee' in dictionary (online/offline, whatever you prefer) you would find no meaning. That's because it's not an officially recognized word but the product of idiotic mind. I chose or rather made this word for its phonetic similarity with amalgamation of 'Bibliophile' (\ˈbi-blē-ə-ˌfī(-ə)l) and 'Fonzie'.
While 'bibliophile' is essentially relevant with the context and the later is merely chosen for my love of 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S.' (referenced here – The One Hundredth). Don't worry, I would somehow bring in the relevance to justify my word 🙂
[Do you think I'm an idiot?] My friend would say – No, of course you're not but I am. Owning to my tiny vocabulary and futile searches to convey what I want to say, I turn to such absurdity for my own amusement. On the side note, you can suggest words to Oxford Dictionary for inclusion but its chances of acceptance would be very less. How about doing some language research prior to that?
So what is it for anyway? Simple, On diversified reading.
And what exactly is it? Simple, apart from how much you read, considering what the general sources that you read from, as well. Your reading obsessiveness analyzed over quantitative and qualitative parameters.
In our fourth semester 'Thermodynamics' course, the professor suggested – while making the term papers, don't just restrict yourself to Wikipedia. Do explore other websites, read research papers, look for forums & discussions and tonnes of other things. He was pretty sure that students would directly copy-paste the materials. Ironically Wikipedia articles themselves are compiled from various sources.
Brainpickings – An inventory of meaningful life – The epitome of diverse learning. Its a boon to bibliophiles. This is what I wrote about it back in December –
I've been receiving the Brain Picking's newsletter for over 3-4 months. I have never really completed reading the whole newsletter yet. There in so much of information contained and even more embedded that if extracted properly, would render the reader a literary aficionado in few months.
All the articles are exquisitely connected but they establish their individuality gracefully over the topic. And not that these newsletters share the monotonous topics, it ranges over variety of genres. Its brain simulating.
The writer 'Maria Popova' brings in the deeply researched stories about books, authors and topics spanning science, love, philosophy, music, art, history and what not. Its her tremendous selfless effort that brings us stories like 'A Madman Dreams of Tuning Machines', 'Psychology of time and the paradox of how impulsivity and self-control mediate our capacity for presence'. Her podcast on 'Design Matters' would give you further insight or probably watching her TED talk .
Pocket recommendations and Instapaper – If you get hand picked articles from all across the Internet, what's wrong in that! Some articles are extensive, some are informative, some includes opinions while some argue about 'why Google turning to Alphabet is a strategic movie in its favorable future'. I oftenly share my significant-reading items on Twitter. So if you're curious, you can most certainly have a look.
How diversified is your reading?
Yesterday I got the email from one of the Quora's top writers whose newsletter I've subscribed to. Mostly (in fact always) its about Mechanical Engineering but yesterday he mentioned a book – 'Man's Search For Meaning – Vikto E. Frankl' which he read recently. It moved him so much. Well I've read that. Coincidentally I had mentioned about this book in my last post.
Inshorts – News in 60 words. Who has got the time to go through whole newspaper these days? If you're in hurry, how about having a look at the headlines and summary. An amazing idea executed equally brilliantly, Inshorts restores your connection with the world in case you were quite possessed on your own.
Fews days ago while writing response to a comment on a blog, I wrote –
I need to get along with books again. The thing is though I read a lot throughout the day, it mostly consists of online articles, blogs, news, Quora, documentations and discussion on Q & A forums, etc. But it doesn't seem substantial like when I finish a book.
It pinched me somewhere. After all, my activities were similar to what a bibliophile would do yet I wasn't just reading books. 'Bibliophanzee' is the answer to that. A healthy obsession to get your minds on not just one but other means that serves the purpose of meaningful reading.
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Upasni Maharaj
|15 May 1870
|24 December 1941 (aged 71)
|20th century
|Hinduism, Advaita Vedanta
Upasni Maharaj, born Kashinath Govindrao Upasni,[1] (15 May 1870 – 24 December 1941[2]) was considered by his disciples to be a satguru. He lived in Sakori, India and is said to have received God-realization from Sai Baba of Shirdi. Sakori is located in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Shirdi.[3]
Early life[edit]
Upasani Maharaj was the second of five sons, born into a family of Sanskrit scholars at Satana a small village in the district of Nasik. His father's name was Govind Shastri and his mother's, Rukhmini.[4]
After a career as an ayurvedic doctor and three marriages where all three wives died, he began to hear a singing voice that he could not explain. This troubling sound, along with various other problems, led him on a difficult quest that finally culminated in him meeting Sai Baba of Shirdi who is said to have given him God-realization at the age of 42. Sai Baba then claimed to be the one who was calling him inwardly.
He died in Sakori, India on 24 December 1941, at the age of 71.[5]
The principal teaching of Upasni Maharaj was that there are three rules that if observed sincerely lead to a life worth living:[6]
- Not to trouble anybody in the least.
- To suffer for and be useful to others.
- To remain contented in a state of Be as it may.
Master to Meher Baba[edit]
Upasni Maharaj was the principal teacher of Meher Baba. Meher Baba first met Upasni Maharaj in 1915 when Upasni was staying in Shirdi with Sai Baba.
Upasni moved to Sakori in July 1917 and Meher Baba frequently stayed there as late as October 1922. According to Meher Baba, Upasni Maharaj gave him divine knowledge after he received God-realization in January 1914 at the age of 19 from Hazrat Babajan.[7] Charles Purdom recounts that, at the end of December, 1921, Upasni made several comments relating to Meher Baba. He said to his disciples: "I have given my charge to Meherwanji. He is the holder of my key." Some time later he said "This boy will move the world. Humanity at large will be benefited at his hands." A few days later he sent for Gustadji Hansotia, one of his leading disciples, and told him "I have made Meherwanji perfect. He is the Sadguru of this Age. Now you have to leave me and stick to him." To Behramji he said, "Your friend is God-realized; carry out every command and every desire of his." Finally, one night he folded his hands and said, "Meherwanji, you are adi-shakti: you are Avatar."[8]
After a separation of nearly 20 years, Meher Baba and Upasni Maharaj met for the last time on 17 October 1941 in Dahigaon, a small village in Niphad taluka in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, just two months before Upasni's death.[9]
See also[edit]
- ^ Purdom, C. B., The God-Man: The life, journeys and work of Meher Baba with an interpretation of his silence and spiritual teaching, Crescent Beach, South Carolina: Sheriar Press, 1971, p. 23 (originally published in London by Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1964). The first biography of Upasni was Narasimha's Sage of Sakori (Madras, 1935; 2nd ed. 1938).
- ^ Satpathy, Chandra Bhanu Shirdi Sai Baba and other perfact masters, Sterling Paperbacks, New Delhi, 2001
- ^ According to online tourist sites, Sakori is about 5 kilometers from Shirdi. [1][2] [3]
- ^ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986, p. 87
- ^ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986.
- ^ The Talks of Shri Sadguru Upasni Maharaj. 1950
- ^ Purdom, op. cit., p. 24.
- ^ Purdom, op. cit., p. 26.
- ^ Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Bhau Kalchuri, Manifestation, Inc. 1986. p. 2724
Further reading[edit]
- Harper, Marvin Henry The Saint who suffered: Sri Upasani Baba Maharaj, Chap 3 in Gurus, Swamis and Avatars: Spiritual Masters and their American disciples, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972.
- Godamastu, ed. The Talks of Sadguru Upasani Baba Maharaj, 4 vols, Reprint; Sakuri: Shri Upasani Kanya Kumari Sthan, 1978 (1957).
- Jannarkar, R. S. A Pictoral Story of Shree Upasani Kanya Kumari Ashram, Sakuri, Reprint; Sakuri: Shri Upasani Kanya Kumari Sthan, 1973 (1955).
- Narasimha Iyer, Bhavani Sage of Sakori, Madras, 1935.
- Satpathy, Chandra Bhanu Shirdi Sai Baba and other perfact masters, Sterling Paperbacks, New Delhi, 2001
- Tipnis, S.N. Contribution of Upasani Baba to Indian culture, Shri B.T. Wagh, 1966.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Upasni Maharaj.


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I was going through the first chapter of the book Graphical Enumeration by Frank Harary and Edgar M. Palmer when I chanced upon this perplexing footnote:
Read wrote Wright that both Read [R2]1 and Wright [W3]2 were wrong. So Read and Wright wrote a joint erratum [RW1]3 to set things right. This may be wrong since Wright asserts that Wright wrote Read first.
It appears on Pg. 17 in reference to k-colored graphs. Read and Wright are, of course, the mathematicians Ronald C. Read and Edward M. Wright!
A quick glance at the bibliography confirms that the above footnote describes, even if humorously, a true incident. However, I can't say what the last sentence means:
This may be wrong since Wright asserts that Wright wrote Read first. Does it mean:
- There is a genuine priority dispute as to who figured the error out [I don't think this is the case]. Or,
- Since [RW1] paper has Read as the first author (so, in that sense, "Read wrote first"), Wright couldn't have written first. Or,
- Since "write" must happen before "read", Wright wrote first. Or,
- It doesn't mean anything — the authors are just playing around with words!
I could not find anything relevant by searching the phrase "Read wrote Wright" on Google.com. I'll be eager to learn any other clues the reader might have as as to the meaning of the last sentence of the footnote.
Aside: It is sad that the Graphical Enumeration book, which was published by Academic Press, New York (1973), has apparently gone out of print. I've added it to the out of print math blog.


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This topic contains 18 replies, has 2 voices, and was last updated by Nayem 3 years, 10 months ago.
August 11, 2015 at 6:51 am #66419
Hi there,
I have a few questions regarding PayPal Adaptive payments. First of all, from what I gather from research, would I be correct in saying that will parallel payments, the customer would pay the seller (vendor) who would be the primary receiver and the selling fee would then be paid to me as the site owner, as the next receiver?
What happens when it is me that is the primary receiver, when I'm selling something on the site, how would that work as I would then be primary receiver and secondary receiver of selling fee?
Also, when a seller issues a refund via PayPal, is the selling fee automatically deducted from my account and passed on to the customer?
I assume that when using adaptive payments, the option to withdraw would be disabled on the sellers dashboard?August 11, 2015 at 4:11 pm #66507
Hello paul,
I will suggest you to read this doc- http://docs.wedevs.com/why-paypal-adaptive-payments/. You will get every details of PayPal adaptive payments here and also the fee scheme.
Thanks.August 11, 2015 at 7:55 pm #66574
I have already read that Nayem, that's why I am asking these questions, the document does not cover these points.
In parallel payments, it mentions nothing about who the primary receiver is. It states "A parallel payment is a payment from a sender that is split directly among 2 receivers" but who is the primary receiver?
It also mentioned nothing about refunds.
That's a fairly poor response,
Thank youAugust 12, 2015 at 2:37 am #66597
Hi there,
Ok so after hours and hours of figuring things out all by myself as quite frankly, Dokan support seems to be less than useful and the guide you directed me to contains minimal amount of information, I had to search elsewhere for more detailed instructions. Anyway, I have finally managed to set up PayPal Adaptive parallel payments.
However, upon testing, I can see that this is simply splitting the payment and sending it to two or more receivers, no-one is the primary receiver.
Two payments show up in the buyers paypal account, one to the seller and one to me the admin,
How do I make it so that the payment goes to the seller as the primary receiver and then the commission to me the seller as the secondary receiver.
P.S: It would be good to get a faster response as I'm trying to run a business here and the response time seems like it has not improved since the last time I needed "help".
Thank youAugust 12, 2015 at 2:51 am #66598
Also, I have some more questions,
When seller refunds a payment, is the selling fee (commission) automatically deducted from my paypal account or do I also need to manually refund the buyer?
Furthermore, how do I set it up so that only the seller pays the paypal fee?
If all of this was explained in the documentation, I would not need to wait so long on a response which causes huge delays and hold ups for me.
Another worry is that the buyer can still open a dispute against me over the selling fee commission they paid to me.
This is far from a sustainable solution.August 12, 2015 at 3:03 am #66599
Let me tell you what I need and maybe you can explained what I need to use or do to achieve this, it's very simple:
Customer checks out, the seller is the primary receiver and payment goes to them, the selling fee (commission) goes to me as the secondary receiver. The primary receiver (seller) pays the paypal fee.
When seller issues a refund to customer, my selling fee is automatically deducted and credited back to the buyer with it.
I need a response as soon as possible, there is no phone support, live chat or nothing, just a forum, it's pretty ludicrous. I'm on a very tight schedule and cannot be wasting time waiting on you to respond.August 12, 2015 at 10:47 am #66622This reply has been marked as private.August 12, 2015 at 7:03 pm #66772August 12, 2015 at 9:04 pm #66780August 12, 2015 at 9:14 pm #66782August 13, 2015 at 2:51 am #66798August 13, 2015 at 8:55 am #66816August 13, 2015 at 10:59 am #66824
I am really sorry for the inconvenience. Our office time is 10 AM to 7 PM (GMT+6). We always reply to our all customer within our office time, but we know that the time zone is fact.
For PayPal adaptive – If you are using chained payment then you have to make sure that your seller has valid PayPal account and they inserted their PayPal email correctly. When you will use the stripe and PayPal adaptive both payment gateway at a time then your seller will have to insert their both details in their dashboard.
Stripe: If your seller connected their stripe account correctly then there should be no error. Please make sure that your sellers are connected and if you are using live mode then from the stripe configure you have to select the mode to live.
Now please let me know if everything is correctly done.August 13, 2015 at 11:06 am #66827
Hi there,
Ok, I understand. However, currently, I only have paypal adapative payments activated on the site, I have also double checked the paypal address and it is still not working.August 13, 2015 at 11:08 am #66829
The paypal address is definitely correct as it is working with parallel payments, I'm only getting this error message when I switch to chained.
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A decree hath been issued by his majesty, King Arhad Kotas IV, following a revolt in the northern Teba swamp provinces. It hath been declared that any man found to be harboring fugitives of this event is to be hanged in the royal court, and any familiars held at the pleasure of the crown.
The events began when several men of farming stature were harassed on their way to the Elra markets by a group of irregular bandits. Militiamen sent to the scene were met with an armoured force of mystic marsupials, which was supported by a column of raccoon mystics. It is believed that this was an aggressive action by the Teba dwellers, who have long extolled displeasure with Elrichian rule.
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Did we just kill a kid?': The moment drone operator who assassinated Afghans with the push of a button on a computer in the U.S. followed orders to shoot a child... and decided he had to quit
A former U.S. drone operator has opened up about the toll of killing scores of innocent people by pressing a button from a control room in New Mexico.
Brandon Bryant, 27, from Missoula, Montana, spent six years in the Air Force operating Predator drones from inside a dark container.
But, after following orders to shoot and kill a child in Afghanistan, he knew he couldn't keep doing what he was doing and quit the military.
Too much: Brandon Bryant, 27, pictured, from Missoula, Montana, spent six years in the Air Force operating Predator drones from inside a dark container
Bryant joined the military by accident when he accompanied a friend who was enlisting in the army and heard that he could go to university for free if he signed up to the Air Force.
He excelled in his course and was assigned to an intelligence collection unit where he soon learned how to control the cameras and lasers on a drone, to analyse ground images, maps and weather data.
He was made a sensor operator, the equivalent of co-pilot, and at just 20 flew his first mission over Iraq - seated in the safety of a control room in Nevada.
Drone operators: A drone pilot, left, and a drone sensor operator practice on a simulator at Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico
The first time he fired a missile, he killed two men instantly and cried on his way home.
'I felt disconnected from humanity for almost a week,' he said.
But it was an incident when a Predator drone was circling above a flat-roofed house made of mud in Afghanistan, more than 6,250 miles away, that really sticks in his mind.
Horrific: 'I saw men, women and children die,' said Brandon Bryant, pictured
The pilot sitting next to him pressed the trigger on a joystick, causing the drone to launch a Hellfire missile. There were 16 seconds left until impact.
'These moments are like in slow motion,' he told the website.
As the countdown reached seven seconds, there was no sign of anyone on the ground.
Bryant could still have diverted the missile at that point.
But when it was down to three seconds, a child suddenly walked around the corner.
The next thing he saw was a flash on the screen - the explosion. The building collapsed, and the child disappeared.
Bryant had a sick feeling in his stomach, he told the website.
'Did we just kill a kid?' he asked the pilot next to him.
'Yeah, I guess that was a kid,' the man replied.
Thoughts jotted in his diary on uneventful days clearly show the heavy burden his job was placing on him.
'On the battlefield there are no sides, just bloodshed. Total war. Every horror witnessed. I wish my eyes would rot,' he wrote on one occasion.
He began to shut himself off from his friends, and his girlfriend complained about his bad moods.
'I can't just switch and go back to normal life,' he said to her. He stopped sleeping and began to exercise instead.
Drones: Bryant worked as a sensor operator, the equivalent of a drone co-pilot (stock photo)
'Half a year later, I was back in the cockpit, flying drones,' Bryant told Spiegel Online.
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|Country Files
State of the media
Prior to the Oslo accords in 1993, which led to the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority, Israel denied any Palestinian living outside Jerusalem the right to publish a newspaper or start a radio or television station. The only Palestinian newspapers that did exist were published in Jerusalem. Since then new newspapers have been established, and Palestinian national and independent radio and television stations were launched. However, the conflict with Israel has had a big impact on the media: harassment of journalists, impediments to free movement make the working conditions of Palestinian journalists very difficult. Furthermore, the second intifada that started in 2000, plunged many media establishments into financial troubles, while the conflict between Fatah and Hamas has led to a further deterioration of the working environment.
Written press
There are three main Palestinian dailies in addition to several weekly and monthly periodicals. Al-Quds has the widest circulation and is close to the Palestinian Authority. The two others are published in Ramallah, al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida. Most media exercise cautious self-censorship, particularly on the issue of internal Palestinian politics. Israeli checkpoints often prevent newspaper distribution.
Audiovisual media
Palestinian radio and television stations started to emerge after the Oslo accords. The Palestinian Authority (PA) established a radio station, Voice of Palestine, a television
channel, followed by a satellite channel. In 2006 they came under the jurisdiction of the president Mahmoud Abbas. The independent television stations include Al-Amal TV based in Hebron, Amwaj TV, Bethlehem-TV, and Nablus TV (Nablus). Jordanian television is also widely watched, as well as pan-Arab satellite broadcasters.
Independent radio stations include Radio Amwaj, Radio Tariq al-Mahabbeh, Nablus FM, and Radio Bethlehem 2000.
Online media
Telecommunications in Palestine are deeply affected by the conflict with Israel. Israel controls much of the sector because the Palestinian network is routed through the Israeli grid. Despite all problems currently an estimated 243,000 Palestinians have access to the internet. In 2001 the Palestinian National Authority for the Internet (PNAI) was founded with the purpose of administering the Internet in Palestine. Internet cafés are the most important means by which Palestinians access the Internet. It is estimated that in 2004 there were some 300 Internet cafés in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. There is no official censorship of the Internet and no regulations covering the dissemination of information on the Internet.
News agencies
In addition to the official government news agency, the Palestine News Agency (WAFA), there are several independent agencies. These include the
Media organizations
The official journalists syndicate, Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, is the only professional organization. There is, however, a number of organizations dealing in one way or the other with Palestinian media. In addition to the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms, whose reports can be accessed at HRInfo, there is an excess of organizations focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The press in Palestine is organized by law n°9, which came into force in 1995, regulating print and publishing. Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this law insist on freedom of expression and publication for all Palestinians. It grants journalists the right to protect the confidentiality of their sources and political parties the right to publish newspapers. However, article 7 stipulates that it is illegal to publish anything that goes against the general system, without defining what this means. Furthermore, a license must be obtained before a periodical may be published. Article 37 lists the various prohibitions, such as publishing information about confidential police files, or dealing with matters of public order, articles denigrating religions or posing a threat to national unity. The law also contains vague phrases. For example, publications must not "contradict the principles of ... national responsibility" or publish material that is "inconsistent with morals" or which may "shake belief in the national currency." Publications must also deposit copies with the government prior to distribution.
A new law on broadcasting has been drafted. It includes a large number of
positive provisions and would represent the most progressive broadcasting
law in the Arab world. There is also a draft law on access to information that if passed could increase transparency and accountability.
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