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" Brand: Guerlain / Type: Powder / Suitable for: Face "
* Prices may differ from that shown
As part of my bumper Guerlain themed Christmas stocking, I got these lovely bronzing pearls (which what they basically are). They come in a round cardboard container that has a pretty bronzing pearl design around the outside. You can get various different colour combinations to suit your own particular skin. My set is for fairer skins with a hint of red (from my lovely rosy cheeks). So the bronzing pearls are a mixture of quite strange colours, there is green to counteract red, and series of light pinks, purples, browns and yellows...sounds weird doesn't it?
Well obviously if you painted green or purple all over your face you would look silly. However, a sweep of a big powder brush over the pearls and then over your cheek bones gives a lovely light blusher that adds a nice colour to your face. As with all bronzing pearls you can use this product all over your face for a general glow, just as a highlighter for your cheek bones, over your t-zone or even around your collar bone area.
I found this product gave a nice natural finish to my make-up. I wear it on it's own for a day when I want a natural face or over foundation for a full makeup day. My skin is also sensitive, so I am pleased to say that this bronzer doesn't react with my skin or cause my ezcema to flair up.
Now being Guerlain this bronzer is expensive, obviously I didn't buy this for myself, however I have had a look online and you're going to be looking at around £35 to buy this. Personally I don't think that this product is worth this and I wouldn't buy it for myself, although I won't be upset if Santa puts it in my stocking again!
I absolutely adore these powder pearls by Guerlain. I have them myself, and I've also bought them as gifts for friends as well.
I use them all the time, you can create many different looks with them just depending on what other make-up you happen to be wearing at the time.
I use these in many different scenarios; sometimes I just swirl the brush quickly over my face to give a hint of brightness when I'm not wearing any make-up but just need to nip out, I use them mainly just over pressed powder as a blusher as part of my everyday make-up for work, over a full face of make-up I use them two different ways - one is as a highlighter over foundation, the other is over blusher and foundation for a fuller made up look.
These are so easy to use and to experiment with. I've even started using a small eyeshadow brush on an individual pearl to create a highlighter for eyeshadow. These are so so versatile, everybody's make up bag should have a set!
I will definately continue to use and to purchase these, they are expensive but they are really good quality, they do last on your skin, I've had cheaper versions of these which have dissapeared from your skin in no time at all. All in all a very worthwhile purchase.
~An illuminating make up product from Guerlain~
Having tried a large number of powder based make up products that have promised to enhance my skin tone with the mere use of a light dusting of what is mostly talc with a few additives and some colouring, I must admit that I was mostly drawn to the Guerlain Meteorites Powder product as it looked really very attractive in store. The product is well presented and packed in to a usable and highly attractive container that stands out from the crowd, which when combined with the array of beautifully coloured pearls of colour you actually use, makes for a winning formula from the outset.
The feeling that you are buying in to owning and using a luxury product is something that softens the blow of the sale price of the product just a little, although in use what you get is quite comparable to some of much cheaper mid range branded powder based products, which do very often work rather well at a much lower sale price. Never the less this product is very nice to use and wear and comes in a number of varieties (pressed powder, pearls and travel sized loose powder) with the smartly presented travel product container and neat powder puff that comes with it making this something that is worth treating yourself to from time to time.
~A range of shades to suit your skin tone~
The range of shades available ranges from teint rose, teint beige and tein't d'ore with the latter shade having a greater variety of golden/ beige coloured powder pearls in the mix, that work well with tanned skin as well as when wearing a lightly tinted liquid make up base underneath. The idea of the product is that you simply swirl on as light or heavy a dose of the lovely tinted powders as you choose, in order to get a good blend on the skin that not only has a mattifying effect, as it also illuminates the skin at the same time. As a powder based make up made from neatly made pearls, it is long lasting which means you don't need to keep buying more of the product every few months.
~Using the product~
In use I have found that it can be hard at first to soften the outer layer of the coloured compressed pearls of make up so as to be able to get enough of the product on to a kabuki brush or powder puff for a light and even layer of powder that can be used as needed. I have found that a very light shake of the product container (with the lid on of course) prior to first use will help to soften the outer layer of a newly bought set of powder pearls just enough to allow you to run a soft make up brush across them and pick up a good amount of powder which can be directed as required.
Once the powder pearls have softened ready for use they can break up over time which does leave powder residue in the container. This isn't a problem as it ends up being easy to use all of the product, as this powder residue can of course be dusted on to the skin in the same way as when brushing across the powder pearls themselves. For those not keen on overly scented make up products it may be wise to visit your local Guerlain counter to have a look at these prior to purchase, as they do have a light violet scent to them that won't appeal to everyone. In use this scented effect does wear off and isn't something that remains strongly on the skin although it is there when you open the product container in order to dust on some of the illuminating powder.
~Price and rating~
As far as the price of the product goes it isn't cheap to buy but it can be long lasting, giving a nice illuminating effect on the skin, so it certainly won't need replacing all that often. The cost of the pressed powder can be around £30 from online sellers, with the pretty powder pearls being a little more to buy, at closer to £35. The cute travel sized product is priced at mid way between the price of the other two variations. As this make up product works well on the skin giving a light and soft sheen of illuminating colour where needed that looks good and lasts well too, I feel that in spite of its high sale price this is still a 4 star product.
I am not a huge fan of Guerlain mainly because i stick to Mac and Clarins, although i have tried a few products. My sister likes Guerlain but she has super sensitive skin and if a product doesn't agree with her or she simply doesn't like it then its passed on to me always grateful. The Guerlain meteorites powder was one of the things i got to try after she complained it wasn't working for her, i was unsure of how i would get on as i have been buying the same Mac powder for three years however the The Guerlain meteorites powder is a wonderful product.
The Guerlain meteorites powder costs around £35.00. My sister purchased this product from Ebay uk.
The Guerlain meteorites powder comes in a cardboard tub that's a round in shape. Its gold on the outside of the tube decorated with coloured print of the powder beads. Inside it is white and has a layer of different coloured powder beads with a puffy round circle of dabbing the powder around the face its an applicator.
The Guerlain meteorites powder comes in different colours, you get beige chic and the beads are brown, creams, orange or mythic and the beads are really bright colours like lilac, white, cream , orange and red colours. The one i have is called pink fresh 02, the beads are a mix of pink, cream, orange, brown and green.
These look really nice inside the tub although strange colour mix.
Each bead brings something to the powder for instant the brown bead adds a touch of gold for radiance and highlighting, green helps dim down any redness, cream colour is for glow and pink just adds a touch of colour. To use the powder i recommend using a large powder brush as i find the push doesn't gather the different colours of the powder very well so a large brush, gently sweep around the tub so you get most of the beads and gently brush over the face. I sweep the brush from my forehead working my way down to the neck.
I use these over my foundation everyday, i love the pretty health glow these give. Although my colour is the pink fresh i find the beads give me more of a golden glow rather than pinky glow but i'm still happy with the result.
I love these so much i think i will replace my Mac powder and replace Guerlain meteorites powder in the future.
I highly recommend Guerlain meteorites powder.
Being quite strangely inbetween blusher, bronzer and highlighter, it really does depend on the season and on the state of my skin.
I use blusher in the winter when I am particularly pale, I use bronser in the summer for the summer glow, and I tend to use highlighter powders such as this for the inbetween stages when my skin is yearning to look like a movie star.
These multi colour meteorites cost around £32.00 and can be found in all good department stores such as Debenhams, House of Fraser, Selfridges or Fenwicks and the lady on the counter can put it on you so you can just see its effects.
The packaging feels quite french art noveau with its gold rimmed pot with all the different pigment colours all around the sides as decoration. It is just big enough to keep on your dresser table or to put in your bag, but I have always been scared of putting this in my bag incase all the pearls fall out and crush as in the rush hour commuting to work, I do get hounded and rustled about.
Inside the package, there are little powder balls of different colours. I used to play with these as a kid when my mother used this products and I liked rolling them in my fingers and crushing them. My mum would go mental when she caught me with smushed green and purple on my greasy palms!
The colours range from shades of browns and pinks and oranges- the more normal skin colours thrown in with greens for that highlighted tinge. The powder goes on perfectly when swirled around and buffed with a blusher brush and to give a good even coverage.
Being a luxury brand, I find Guerlain never fails the staying power test opposed to my bareminerals or urban decay blusher. It did not melt off my face or fly off being a powder. Also I find this is great to brush over my face to keep my foundation in place.
It is the staying power of this product that makes it worth the rather hefty price tag as a 33g tub will cost over the £30 mark so it is not a cheap product however none of the Guerlain product range is cheap so you expect to pay a lot for their products.
Although the product name has it described as a powder it is in fact small pearls or balls of the powder (Guerlain use the phrase meteorites). The container is a pale pink / peach colour with a gold trim and pictures of the little pearls of powder on it. Inside the pearls are different colours, mostly browns and some lighter shades as well however there is a splash of colour with some green and orange ones as well. Each colour does something different and the instructions are worth reading before you use. For example the green ones help reduce redness of the skin.
I have found the brown pearls to be excellent at giving a bronzed finish to my skin and as a finishing powder this product is excellent, my skin looks smooth and toned after using this and the effects remain for a long time, that is probably the most impressive feature of this Guerlain product, the fact that it will last all day no matter how busy you are. Also it is odourless so will not clash with any fragrances you are using.
This product does justify the price tag however that would be a consideration for most people hence I have taken off one star as it is not cheap. However I would certainly still recommend it as it is very good at its intended purpose, making my skin look better.
Guerlian is a brand that started trading nearly 200 years ago. In 1928, Pierre Guerlain opened a little shop in Paris to sell perfume to his customers. It is a brand that combines tradition with innovation to produce products that set new trends and constantly meets the beauty needs of the consumer. They were one of the first brands to come up with the modern mascaras that we use today and the idea of a wash off false tan. It is a luxurious brand which sets the standard that it strives to meet as perfection.
Guerlain created the Meteorites Collection so that every women who used the product could achieve a perfect complexion. The Meteorite Pearls were created as part of this collection back in 1987 and have since changed packaging on numerous occasions, constantly bringing out special edition tins. The product is designed to be a finishing powder which will give you a radiant complexion that will be glowing with health.
The Meteorite Pearls are tiny balls of powder which vary in colour and look incredibly cute, like little sweets. Each different coloured ball serves a different purpose and they work together to create an illuminating complexion. The product itself comes in three different shades and each one serves a slightly different purpose.
The shade that I have is Teint Rose, whose purpose is to reduce redness and even out the complexion while illuminating the skin. If you simply want to add a healthy warmth to the skin, you can try Teint Beige and you want to have a brighter, more tanned appearance, you can try Teint D'ore.
The pearls have been designed to adapt to your own skin tone and give a luminous yet transparent coverage to your skin. In Teint Rose, there are five different pearls, each with a different pastel shade. The pink pearl gives a warm and healthy glow to the skin while the mauve pearl attracts light to the face. The green pearl helps to cancel out redness in the face and tones down natural blushing. The white pearl illuminates the skin and the golden pearl highlights the skin by giving off a subtle reflection.
How do you use the product? The product is essentially just pressed powder but in the form of little balls. In order to use the product you need to swirl a chunky make up brush across the balls to pick up a variety of the colours and then sweep the product over the face. It can be worn alone or over make up. Take care when using the product because many times I have swirled my brush on the product, only to find that some pearls have got caught in the bristles and then drop on my cream carpet, grrrr!
The look achieved by this product is subtle. It is not make up that is designed to look like make up on the face, if that makes sense. It is intended to give you a naturally radiant complexion. If you want a more intensive look, you can crush the balls and then use your brush to swirl the colours together.
I like to wear this product alone, without make up. As one of it main ingredients is talc, it has a mattifying effect and stops my skin looks shiny, and the product itself gives me a healthy radiance. I also love the floral fragrance that it mixed into the pearls.
If you like the look that this powder gives you then you could also try the pressed powder, primer and brush that are available in the Meteorite Collection. The Meteorites pearls are available from most large department stores such as Debenhams and you can also buy the product from many online websites.
It costs around £30 for 100 grams of the product and although this is pricey, the product should last you a year or longer if you don't keep dropping the beads over the carpet!
All in all, this is a lovely radiance booster which can be worn alone or as a finishing touch to make up. It stops my skin from looking greasy and gives it a healthy glow. If you're looking for a dramatic difference, you'll be disappointed. This product will give you a subtle look but it will noticeably enhance your complexion, without any scary glittery effect.
I've always had a bit of a thing for highlighters. I find them really useful because I normally wear medium to full coverage foundations and loose powder that can sometimes make my face appear too matt and flat. I've tried many different formulas from different brands, some of which have been very nice and others have been far too glittery and shimmery. I'm really not a fan of shimmer or glitter mainly because I prefer natural looking make up but also because I find glittery particles accentuate pores which in my opinion is not an attractive look.
One of the best highlighters I've purchased is a pressed powder from Dior called rose diamond. This is a pearly pale pink powder that gives a lovely pretty glow to skin but it was unfortunately a limited edition item. I was unable to find a replacement when the product ran out so I decided to try Guerlain meteorites instead; a product that I'd had my eye for quite some time but couldn't bring myself to buy because of the hefty price.
About Geurlain
Guerlain is one of the oldest perfume houses in the world and was founded in 1828 by Pierre-François Pascal, a chemist, perfumer and business man. Pierre-François started out by creating custom fragrances (perfumed toilet waters) with his two sons, Aimé and Gabriel and in 1840 opened his first flagship store at 15, rue de la Paix. In 1853 he created Eau de Cologne Impériale for Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III and then went on to create perfumes for Queen Victoria of England and Queen Isabella II of Spain, among other royalty. Pierre-François died in 1864 and the house of Geurlain was left to his two sons, Aimé Guerlain and Gabriel Guerlain. Gabriel became manager and worked on expanding the house and Aimé become the new master perfumer. The tradition of the position of master perfumer being handed down carried on through five generations of the Guerlain family. Guerlain was taken over by LVMH in 1994 and since that time perfumers from outside the family have been taken on to create scents for the brand. Since the company was founded in 1828, Guerlain has created over 300 fragrances and now also offer a large range of luxury cosmetics and skin care products.
What is Guerlain Meteorites?
There are a number of different products in meteorites range. The products are available in compact, pressed powder forms, liquid form and also in tubs which the pearl version comes in. There are many different colours available including a large range of limited edition shades and each shade gives a slightly different effect although all the powders are designed to illuminate, add radiance to skin and give a healthy glow.
Price and availability
Meteorites are available to purchase from Guerlain counters and many different sites online and vary greatly in price depending on size, which form they come in and whether they are limited edition. Some of the rarer tubs and sets of minis or limited edition decorated compacts are available on ebay. The pearls seem to be particularly popular with collectors and sometimes sell for quite large amounts of money. The pearls or balls which is the version I purchased are available from Debenhams in a range of three different shades (mythic, pink fresh and beige chic) and are currently priced at £33.00 for 33g tub. Debenhams also have quite a few other products from the range available including a pressed powder form of the illuminating powder and a liquid version. A lot of other department stores also have the products in stock including Harrods, john Lewis and \house of fraser.
When shopping for my tub I have to say that I couldn't really find the product cheaper elsewhere apart from on ebay but I decided to purchase from Debenhams since the price difference was small and authenticity is guaranteed when buying from a department store.
The multi coloured pearls come packaged in a round tub that's made of cardboard. The outside of the tub is decorated in gold with a multi coloured pattern in various different colours. The same design is also repeated on the lid but here they've been arranged in the shape that's similar to a flower or flower stencil. The colours of the pattern vary depending on which shade of meteorites the box contains, in this case shade 01 Mythic is decorated in shades of pale green, red and pink.
There's something very appealing about the tub design of the packaging but when I received the product in the post I was a little bit disappointed with the fact that it's made from cardboard. The box is sturdy and hard wearing but for the price I paid for the item I expected the tub to be made from another material and find the cardboard a little bit cheap, but the overall design and pattern is very attractive and elegant and the box looks very pretty sat on my dressing table. After looking around online I have found that Guerlain have changed the packaging since I purchased the product and the container is now metal instead of cardboard.
The tub is not particularly travel friendly as the contents can be quite messy but I've found that transferring a few balls to a smaller tub if I really have to carry them with me works quite well or you could of course purchase the compact, pressed version instead.
How to use
As I mentioned above, each tub or shade of pearls has a slightly different use. Mythic has six different colours of balls, white, pink, mauve, green, yellow and beige and is designed to be used as either an all over face powder or to highlight or illuminate different or specific areas of the face. The pink balls are designed to add a warm glow to your face, the green brings down redness in skin, mauve attracts light, white lightens and the yellow and beige create a subtle shimmer and add highlights. They are all designed to do a specific job and when you dip and swirl your brush in to them a small amount of each is picked up ready to be blended together on skin.
There are specific brushes available from Guerlain to use with the pearls but they're pricy and pink which I don't find particularly attractive so I use a very soft and fluffy Space NK face brush to apply mine. Loading the brush with product is easy as the balls are soft enough to easily dispense product but hard enough to dispense only a small amount at a time which makes it difficult to overdo it. When your brush is loaded up it's pretty much a case of either brushing gently over your entire face for a an all over glow or simply placing product where you want highlights such as cheekbones, nose or even on brow bones. The product blends easily and evenly on to skin and creates a beautiful, non powdery glow that does contain a small amount of shimmer but absolutely no glitter.
The product can also be used on the shoulders and collar bones to illuminate and I've even brushed it onto legs and arms in the summer to leave bronzed skin with a pretty glow. I've also found the balls useful for adding a slight shimmer to matte eye shadows when applied with a smaller brush and have even applied a small amount of product to fingers to apply over lipstick or gloss to lighten colours and again add a little bit of shimmer.
Lasting power
The product wears extremely well. I apply in the morning and the product is still there when I take my make up off in the evening. I have found that I get slightly less wear when I use on bare skin or I don't apply a setting powder on top of foundation but this is something I rarely do so it hasn't been an issue for me. I've had my tub for well over a year now and even though I don't use them everyday they're still going strong and I still have a lot of product left so despite the original high cost, they are incredibly long lasting.
Would I recommend?
Yes I would. I was put off by the price for a long time but I have been so pleased with the results I get from the product and the length of time the tub lasts that I wish I'd bought them sooner. If you're looking for a product to add a finishing touch to your make up or skin and leave you with a healthy, glowy complexion then Guerlain meteorites are definitely worth testing. I'm still not sure if I love them quite as much as my Dior rose diamond powder but they certainly come close because they do a pretty good job at highlighting.
I have quite pale skin so mythic works well as both an all over powder or very subtle highlighter but if you have darker skin beige chic might be a better option for you. I recently tested this one and have to say that it that it works very well as a bronzer on lighter skins.
I'm so glad I have, I've wanted them for ages!! Finally got them for xmas - and here's what I think of them...
These are very finely milled powder pearls in a green, pink and beige colour that blend together to create a very subtle shimmer, its definitely not a blusher as it's too light - more of a finishing touch to brighten the complexion and give it a soft glow.
For me it leaves my skin with a glow without looking overly shiny or sparkly and just looks fantastic over foundation, and I can easily build it up for evening wear.
Disappointingly the effects don't last all day, it needs to be re-applied after a few hours, a big shame as this product isn't ideal for on the go application as it spills easily - I think it would ruin my day if these ended up all over the tube train!!! However I overcome this by using a retracting blusher brush with a lid - I just load the powder on and pop it in my handbag.
I apply this with a large blusher brush just rolling it over the balls in a circular motion to get an even blend - first just a bit all over my face then build up the colour on the cheek area.
Colour 01 Mythic would suit light to mid tone complexions, those with darker skin would probably prefer 02 Pink Fresh or 03 Beige Chic - also this product has the strong signature Guerlain scent - if you're not familiar with this it's a kind of sickly violet smell - personally I don't like it - it's a bit old lady for me but doesn't really bother me as the smell doesn't last long when its on the skin.
I have sensitive skin but this doesn't irritate it, or look caked up as many powders seem to.
A big surprise for me was that it's a cardboard container - I always thought they came in a metal one so was a bit disappointed but it's still one of the nicest things to ever adorn my dressing table. (According to Guerlain it was inspired by Marie Antoinette). Also comes with a powder puff but I threw it out as I prefer my brushes.
Priced at around £31.00 it can be purchased at most large department stores or online.
Also posted on ciao under my user name guerlain_girl.
Finishing powder which aims to give a perfect-looking complexion


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A. Frans, Honk wasn't so hot in math. Just looking at a chart of late fees and penalties that Jessica Gonzalez, a DMV spokeswoman, sent along from Sacramento, makes Honk's head hurt.
If you never notified the DMV that the car was being taken off the road, you might want to take a pass. You can see the horror show of fees and penalties at dmv.ca.gov/vr
Now, if you filed for a planned non-operation certificate at the time, telling the agency the vehicle would be stored and not used, you are in good shape and won't face penalties that look like Josh Hamilton's salary.
"If a vehicle is properly placed on PNO (planned non-operation), there is nothing further to do until you wish to operate the vehicle," Gonzalez told Honk in an email. "At that point, you can contact DMV to get a quote and make an appointment if an office visit seems necessary.
"We need proof of insurance, and possibly a smog certificate. Auto Club members also can visit the Auto Club to resolve these types of issues."
Frans, you might be able to approach the DMV, though, and cut a deal.
Q. Honk, the new lanes for the Imperial Highway exit off the eastbound 91 Freeway are finally open! As you come off the exit, the ramp divides into three lanes. According to the arrows painted in the lanes, the two left ones are for left turns only, and the right is only for right turns. However, there are still two old signs that denote the middle lane as either right or left turn. Is there a plan to remove the signs or correct the painted arrow?
– Colleen Wood,
Yorba Linda
A. Motorists owe you a thank you, Colleen. "Yes, it was a contractor oversight," Caltrans' Gloria Roberts told Honk after the tip was passed along.
The agency will ensure that the middle lane will be re-striped once the rain stops for a bit. It might be fixed by now – Caltrans planned to do it Thursday night.
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I have got a small script that updates EXIF information and JPG-image to rotate pictures I have taken in portrait mode (which normally show up in Thunar or whatever as rotated 90 degrees anti-clockwise). For the technically inclined: first the orientation gets updated using jpexexiforient; then the image gets aligned with its orientation using jhead. I have subsequently defined this script as a Thunar custom action. The script works when taking a bunch of pic's in my home directory and all is well (whether I do one or a dozen doesn't matter).
However (and this is where the plot thickens), if I run same custom-action on same bunch of pictures in another directory outside my home tree then the operation fails. Copying the files back to my home, and the action works. Running the script that the custom action calls works as well on the selected files. Debugging of the script has shown that arguments get processed correctly (I use %F to ensure full path & filename get passed to the script).
The only difference between this directory and anything in my home is the access -- mode is 755 or 644 (dir/file); file-ownership is held by me and group-ownership is held by a group of which I am member. I do not see how that can have a bearing (as both files are owned by me with RW access and I have got RW access to the directory in which they are placed), but that is the only thing I can come up with. Anybody who can point me in right direction?
Probably your script is located at your home folder, right?
Now when thunar browses another directory, that directory becomes current and it tries to locate your script
there and naturally fails.
Possible solutions:
a) move your script to /usr/local/bin
b) create a ~/bin directory and add that to the PATH environment variable in your .bashrc (if your login manager does not process it, /etc/defaults might be of help -- it is possible that thunar inherits a different environment from its parent process than what you get when you open any terminal)
Thanks for response but that doesn't work -- I had the script indeed my home folder but the custom action has the full path coded, i.e. /home/pindakoe/bin... Also I see that the script gets called (irrespective of location), it doesn't seem to have the right access to modify the images, whereas I can if I run same script on same images in same directories. My suspicion was that the custom-action is somehow not run under my UID but I can only find reasons why this is not teh case.
I'd still concentrate at the environmental settings just to make sure.
Perhaps you can adapt your script so that it dumps:
to a text file.
Then, compare both outputs with diff or meld.
There is another thread in here that deals with thunars default umask, probably the problem is related?
Finally, posting the script here might attract the attention of a real bash guru...
Good tips (was wondering how to figure out as which user a script ran as I suspected this to be the cause. Ran the following 4 scenario's:
script in ~/bin; run on file in my home and in anotehr directory to which I have RW-access
script in /usr/local/bin; run on file in my home and in same other directory as before, i.e. one to which I have RW access
Result is that I can in both cases change the pictures in my own home (or rather a subdirectory of my home), but not in the other directory. Output of $(id), $(export), $(umask) does not reveal any differences (unless for PWD if I ran it on different directory). The script is simplicity itself:
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
jpegexiforient -5 $1
jhead -autorot $1
Debugging statements confirm that it handles one or more arguments correctly (Thunar calls the script with %F). In short: Custom action passes file and path details of the selected files correctly to the script; the script runs under my UID, with similar environment as I do when calling the script from bash.
Does this help?
while [ -n "$1" ]; do
jpegexiforient -5 "$1"
jhead -autorot "$1"
You mightn't have spaces under your home folder, but who knows what's in your 'elsewhere'.
Doing a killall Thunar && thunar and watching the error output of jpegexiforient could be of help, methinks.


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Hi All, Although I joined QCA a year ago I didn't really start to participate until late summer. I had some unexpected health problems that seemed minor until early June when I collapsed at home one morning and was airlifted to the hospital. My BP had bottomed out. Thank God DH was in the room and called 911. The doctors decided it was just a reaction to a muscle relaxer and sent me home the next day. Soon after I developed a high heart rate and went to see a cardiologist. He scheduled me for a minor procedure to go in through the groin and zap that part of my heart that was causing the tachycardia. I went to the hospital June 19 for the procedure expecting to be back home a few hours later. I woke up three days later in CCU wondering what I was doing there and why I was in so much pain. I was so surprised by what I found out over the course of the next few days. It seems that while I was in the Cath Lab being prepped for the minor procedure, an aneurism with which I had been diagnosed a couple years earlier, ruptured then and there, right before the cardiologist's eyes. So I was getting CPR as I was rushed into OR for emergency open heart surgery. The rupture was so bad it tore the rear wall of my heart along with the ascending aorta. My DH said I was in surgery for over 5 hours. When all was said and done, a vein had been taken from my upper leg to replace the aorta, I had to have a torn valve replaced and I have a few inches of plastic in there somewhere. There was concern that my brain may have been deprived of oxygen and my mental outcome was questionable. I don't even remember the day before all this happened. But the ending of this trauma and drama is so good! God is so good! They dubbed me the Miracle Lady and as I got the details over the course of the following days and weeks, I understood why. There is a 5% survival rate from such a rupture and I'm still here!
In recent weeks I've been questioning whether or not to renew my membership to QCA. I've seen how talented many of you ladies are. And how much sewing you accomplish. I'm such an amateur and feel as though I should finish something first. But you're all so warm and caring and I want to be a part of this. So please bear with me. I want to be one of you. Hugs, Donna from Oregon
Hi Donna - please stay - quite a story you have and it is wonderful that you survived. I almost lost my life back in my 20s when I had a tubal pregnancy that I didn't know I had - similar story to yours in that I woke a couple days later wondering what was going on. I am very glad to still be here and I was also called a miracle - it is a wonder isn't it how God works- in very mysterious ways. I always wonder what exactly I am still here for - and other of my friends have left. I always feel that there is something somewhere that I still have to complete. I want to stay around right now to see my Grands grow up and to impart all the knowledge that I can to them.
Quilting is such a wonderful thing to do. I absolutely love it - it gives me so much peace and I put love into each one of my quilts - maybe we are supposed to make some wonderful quilts - who knows - Love to have you join in - glad you are here...
oh, my, what an ordeal you have been through. i hope you decide to stay with us. we have a great time and there is a lot of support for your quilting adventures
gini in north idaho
Donna, WOW, you need to stay
[Ava, Missouri
Donna, God is great! The fact that you are with us proves that. I will lift you up in prayer.
Quilting is very theraputic. You just relax and enjoy. Well, someimes, it gest on your last never. But, for the most part it is wonderful. It is a God given gift for those who have problems that they need to get pastand will help so much, Perhaps, you should take some classes or, do like I did, and just dive in. I pray while I quilt, makes it so peaceful. And, last night I found out that God can guide you to thread a sewing machine needle, when you just can't get it..
You are special. You are welcome here. We will be there for you through thick or thin. You have lots of sisters in fabric now.
Donna welcome to the site. Having survived such a trauma, now. Everything is possible. Every new day is a gift for you to cherish and make the best out of it. You will quickly find that everyone here is willing to share their knowledge and experience when asked for. Don't forget to relax and have fun when you quilt!
Angèle from NWO
Hi Donna, I am so glad you were one of the 5% who survived. That is a harrowing tale. It is a good thing you were where you were when this happened. Thank the good Lord for his mercies. I hope you stick around, we would love to have a new sister in quilting. Ginny
Donna, OMG what an experience you and your family went thru . You are most definitely a Miracle Woman . Yes you should stay ,we were all beginners at one time ,I have only been quilting for 4 years myself and I'm still learning everyday. SO hang in there we all here to help . Barbara
Life throws you curves but it sounds like you made it to the other side with rapid speed. Quilting will give you a chance to relax and use your creativity. Sometimes it can be great de-stresser! I haven't been active on this site for long but I'm already finding out I really enjoy it. I joined the RR3 because I need to finish a project for me! ROTFL. I have finished many projects but they seem to be far and few between and always for someone else. I need something for me and what better way than to have other quilters help me accomplish that goal! Glad you are here and hope you stay. Hugs!!!!.
Grandma "Maggie" Sunshine
(And yes, there is a story behind the name)
aka Grandma Sunshine
Oh my Donna - God is good indeed! I'm so happy you came back and posted. It is nice to meet you and I do hope that you will decide to stay with us.
Life is like a quilt...bits & pieces, joy & sorrow, stitched with love
Hi Maggie, it is nice to meet you and I hope that you will share the story behind your name at some point. I'm glad you are here and hope that you will spend more time with us.
Hi Donna, I'm so glad you decided to join us. I am so happy you made it through your trauma. I know how that feels as I've had the same procedure done several times. I even got to go to Stanford for one. I have WPW (Wolf, Parkinson, White syndrome). I also woke up in CCU 2 days later to find I had a hole in my heart and they had to do emergency surgery. I'm so glad God saw you through your ordeal. I sure hope you decide to stay. This is such a wonderful place. Would love to see pictures of any quilts you finish. I have only been quilting for a little over a year.
Maggie, I am so looking forward to your story also. And welcome to the club.
Barbara, I thought you have been quilting for years based on the pictures of your beautiful quilts and free motion practice sandwiches. I sure hope I'm that good after only a few years also.
Georgetown CA I'd Rather Be Quilting
Donna:In recent weeks I've been questioning whether or not to renew my membership to QCA. I've seen how talented many of you ladies are. And how much sewing you accomplish. I'm such an amateur and feel as though I should finish something first. But you're all so warm and caring and I want to be a part of this. So please bear with me. I want to be one of you. Hugs, Donna from Oregon
Donna, the Lord has blessed you with this outcome and I think he lead you here so you must stay and join us in this friendship and journey. We are so lucky to have each other and want you to be a part of it. We all had to begin somewhere and what better place for you to begin but with a group who is caring and knowledgeable and funny and also certifiable sometimes. : ) Hugs back to you. (((((HUGS))))) Marie
Millbury, MA
Maggie:(And yes, there is a story behind the name)
Do tell us Maggie, please.
Wow Donna, God certainly put you in the right place at the right time.
I am so glad you have decided to stay and join in our fun. We are all like a bunch of sisters (and 2-3 brothers.) And anytime one of us needs support, it is here in abundance.
Oh, and lots of helpful quilting stuff as well.
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usually we have pizza or, if I have my act together, something out of a crock pot
this year, it's going to be a dinnerp arty at my house!
I am making roast chicken, crock pot mashed potatoes (hopefully they will be good), peas, roasted squash with onions, and a birthday chocolate cake for dessert! cool, huh?


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DUI Arrest Marks Barron Hilton's Entree Into Celebutard Society: UPDATE
18-year-old Barron Hilton has yet to really capture the world's imagination the way his older sisters Paris and Nicky have, his wealthy parents perhaps waiting until he turns 21 before gifting him with his very own orange-faced pet flack to encourage such profile-building. And while some suspected the Hilton family's dominant Shameless Famewhoring Gene may have skipped him entirely, the young heir may just have that Hilton magic after all, having been picked up this morning in Malibu for a DUI:
UPDATE: Gas station attendant down!
TMZ has learned 18-year-old Barron Hilton, Paris' little brother, was arrested for DUI in Malibu at 8:30 AM this morning!
Cops tell TMZ he was driving a black Mercedes on Pacific Coast Highway with a passenger — not one of his sisters— when he was pulled over at a 76 gas station.
He's currently in the process of being booked at the Lost Hills Sheriff's station — the same place Mel Gibson was taken.
The obvious question this elicits: How and why was he drunk at 8:30 a.m? Two possibilities come to mind: One, that he had been drinking throughout the night and into the morning hours. This, of course, worries us, as Monday night Grey Goose-binges starring the world's most privileged minors can only spell disaster. The other isn't nearly as ominous, as it involves a champagne breakfast with the Hiltons at the Saddle Peak Lodge: Proposed as a get-together to help the young, wayward Hilton back on track over a delicious meal of wild boar sausages and waffles, it quickly devolved into Rick, Kathy, and the rest chugging flute after flute of Veuve Clicquot, lost in a cascade of giggles and fond reminiscences, while failing entirely to broach the serious subject of what reality shows and fragrance plans Barron has lined up for his future.
UPDATE: PageSix.com is reporting Barron hit a 76 station employee between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. The worker was knocked to the ground, but isn't injured. Still, he insisted on calling the cops to the scene, cementing himself a permanent place in Hilton Family criminal history.


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If your app doesn't require a heavy-duty server a cloud-based VM is a lot cheaper than co-location. It's also a lot more flexible, regardless of the size of server you need.
Still more expensive and less flexible than renting virtual server in collocation facility Nowadays they go for almost free.
A VPS still has the same problems the cloud does, after all VM servers had the cloud possible.


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A Tale of Two Headlines: USA Today vs. Fox
President Obama has written a children's book! "Obama shares dreams for his kids in book on 13 Americans," reads the USA Today headline. Fox Nation has a slightly different take, though: "Obama Praises Indian Chief Who Killed U.S. General." Hmmm.
The Fox Nation story, in case you are wondering, ends with a "Read the Full Story" link back to the USA Today piece. Commenter onebad clam flagged the two headlines, screenshots of which are below.
For the record, our headline would have been "Meet Barack Obama's Top 13 Favorite Americans Plus Miley Cyrus Nude Upskirt."


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Letters: Support House Bill 382
I am a retired high school special educator, and my experience as a teacher was that it was often the older siblings who were required to stay home and take care of a sick young child if a parent could not do so, thus missing valuable school time and falling behind in their school work.
To the surprise of many Vermonters, there currently is no state or federal law requiring employers to grant paid sick days to working Vermonters. This means that about 106,000 Vermonters are compelled to go to work when they are ill, or when their children are ill, or lose a day's pay for each day they are out sick. Yet, 80 percent of Vermonters who were polled favor legislation requiring all employers to grant paid sick leave to their workers. As you would expect from Vermonters, paid sick leave makes good sense.
These are these reasons: Workers who lose a day's pay because they are seriously ill or care for a sick child and have to remain home have difficulty meeting rent or buying groceries, and as a result their families and the general economy suffer; Parents who have to seek a doctor's care or hospitalization for themselves or their child may lose their job because of extended time away from work, increasing unemployment, decreasing tax revenue and further weakening Vermont's economy.
In Vermont the respect and dignity of a humane workplace for every worker is essential, and paid sick leave is a practical need that we can all identify with, for we have all been sick and we know what that is like. I urge you to contact your representatives and senators in the state House and let them know how important this legislation is. The bill is H. 382, and you can read about its provisions at http://www.vtlivablewage.org/sickdayleg.html
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The video game industry on Wednesday changed to adults-only the rating of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," a best-selling title in which explicit sexual content can be unlocked with an Internet download.
The best-selling video game, which centers on gang violence, was being pulled from some shelves and slapped with a more restrictive "Adults Only" rating Wednesday after an investigation concluded that explicit sexual content could be unlocked on the game.
The producer of the game, Rockstar Games, said it had ceased production of GTA and was manufacturing a version without the sexual content.
The company's decision comes after heated pressure from politicians, parents groups and an investigation by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the ratings board for the video game industry.
The ESRB ruled that retailers had to change the game's rating from "M," which "may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older," to an "AO," which some stores refuse to carry.
"We're pulling the game off the shelf until the new version comes," says Julius Chatmon, manager of a GameStop store in Alexandria, Va. "We're not allowed to sell it at all, not even to adults." Calls to the Texas-based GameStop Corp., which operates 1,908 retail stores, were not returned Wednesday.
Controversy over the game erupted earlier this month when players began downloading an Internet "mod" that allowed them to see the sexual material on GTA's PC version. "Mods" are popular programs that allow players to alter characters and scenes.
The problem, says ESRB president Patricia Vance, "is that this mod was unlocking material that was already hidden on the game," and not created by a third party.
"We were never informed that there were these kinds of scenes on the game, even if they were never intended to be discovered by players," she says.
Officials with Rockstar and its parent corporation, Take-Two Interactive, could not be reached for comment. But on the companies' Web site, Take-Two president Paul Eibeler issued a statement that the "mod" was unauthorized.
But politicians and video game officials blasted the company for putting hidden content on the game, which has sold more than 5 million units since its release last fall.
"So many parents already feel like they are fighting a battle against violence and sexually explicit material with their hands tied behind their backs," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said in a statement Wednesday. "We need companies to be responsible, and we need rating systems that work."
Sean Bersell of the Video Software Dealers Association says that video gamemakers often are compelled to "lock away" content that they feel will give the game an undesired rating. "But it's a dangerous practice. If they put it on the game, someone is going to figure out how to find it."


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Today we have the nearly ageless Sharon Stone holding her Alexander Wang Rocco Duffel close as her handlers ferry her back to the set of her latest film, Fading Gigolo. I'm not even joking, that's the name of the movie. (Even weirder, Woody Allen has a major role in this film, even though he is neither the screenwriter nor the director. Fortunately for all, he does not play the gigolo.) The textured black leather Rocco looks especially ferocious when paired with Sharon's crazy black jungle fur-collared jacket.
Sharon's looking pretty good these days - so good in fact, I managed to wait until now to discuss this whole really unfortunate satin jumpsuit situation happening below the waist. Oy vey. I am loath to throw out hard-and-fast fashion rules on the fly, but satin jumpsuits - maybe not something you should do over 50? They don't feel like an especially youthful trend either, making me think that the satin jumpsuit (currently available from fine retailers like Saks, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom) was tailor-made for svelte thirty-somethings. Thoughts, PB readers? If you'd rather take the Rocco and leave the rest of the outfit, you can pick one up at ShopBop for $895.
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text: The number of pole positions recorded by Jimmie Johnson, fifth most among active drivers behind Jeff Gordon (72), Bill Elliott (55), Mark Martin (55) and Ryan Newman (49). Johnson, who is tied with Ricky Rudd for 23rd on the all-time pole list, isn't a prolific front-row qualifier, but the five-time champion is adept at converting poles to wins, a feat he has accomplished 12 times in 29 tries. In his first visit to Daytona, in 2002, Johnson won the pole for the Daytona 500 and finished 15th. His only other Daytona pole came in 2008, when Johnson started first and finished 27th in the Great American Race.


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Dodgers remain confident in struggling Rodriguez
By Austin Laymance / MLB.com
LOS ANGELES -- Paco Rodriguez has seen a drop in production recently, but the Dodgers still have confidence in the rookie left-handed reliever going forward.
In addition to posting a 5.68 ERA in September, Rodriguez has made a pair of forgettable appearances in the National League Division Series against the Braves.
During a loss in Game 2, Rodriguez allowed a two-run single to Jason Heyward, spoiling the left-on-left matchup manager Don Mattingly wanted. Given another chance to retire Heyward in the ninth inning of a blowout win in Game 3, Rodriguez gave up a two-run homer.
But the Dodgers say they won't shy away from using Rodriguez again in October.
"It doesn't kick Paco out of any plans," Mattingly said before Game 4. "It just means he's in a little stretch right now where he's had some stuff going on as far as not getting outs."
Pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said Rodriguez's troubles boil down to execution and pitch selection.
"A lot of the pitches have just not been executed," Honeycutt said before Game 4. "The ball was actually crisper last night. He tried a front-door cutter to Heyward and it found the center of his bat."
Rodriguez's cutter has found the center of a lot of bats recently. Honeycutt said left-handed hitters were 1-for-9 against the rookie's slider down the stretch, compared to 3-for-7 against his cutter.
"A lot of times it's just selection more than anything and making the wrong pitch at the wrong time," Honeycutt said.
Short series plays into decision to skip Nolasco
LOS ANGELES -- Pitching coach Rick Honeycutt said the Dodgers' decision to start Clayton Kershaw on short rest instead of Ricky Nolasco in Game 4 of the National League Division Series does not show the club has lost confidence in Nolasco.
"I don't feel that," Honeycutt said when asked if skipping Nolasco was a vote of no confidence.
Nolasco, who has never pitched in the postseason, likely would have made a start if the NLDS were a seven-game series.
"A five-game series is different than a seven-game series," Honeycutt said before Game 4. "We've had a lot of conversations with Ricky during this week. We felt he was prepared for today. This guy is a pro. He's going to be prepared to do whatever we ask him to do this afternoon and going forward."
Nolasco won eight of his first nine decisions after being acquired in a July trade with the Marlins. But the right-hander allowed 17 runs in 12 innings over his final three starts of the regular season. He has not started since Sept. 25, with one inning of relief Sept. 29.
Honeycutt said Nolasco would be available in relief in Game 4 if the club needs a long man with Chris Capuano unavailable after tossing three innings Sunday in Game 3.
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SIze & height, great
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Bought for looks, height and self watering features. Happy with first two. However crop results have only been good for tomatoes. Squash results poor. Only one or two then plant dies. Same for cucumbers and peppers. Used recommended soil and fertilizer. Purchased two 3 ft sq first year and one this year. Bought pop up net covers to keep pests off. Also keeps bees and pollinators off. okay fir tomatoes. Do not use nets on others vegetables. Finally bought drip snip and snap hose system to lay throughout beds set on timer to water every other day. In our case results were better with regular in ground beds.
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Jenkins to wed filmmaker boyfriend
Classical music star Katherine Jenkins has announced her engagement.
In response to media reports that she was engaged to boyfriend Andrew Levitas, Jenkins tweeted: " Thank you for all your lovely wishes of congratulations. They mean so much to us. Happy Easter!"
Mr Levitas, 36, is a filmmaker, fine artist and producer, who also teaches at New York University.
The 33-year-old Welsh mezzo-soprano was seen with Mr Levitas when he joined her as she collected her OBE from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace last month.
A number of celebrities also took to Twitter to congratulate the star.
Piers Morgan said on the social networking site: "Big congrats to my lovely friend @KathJenkins on her engagement. Andrew's a great guy."
Fellow classical music star Myleene Klass tweeted to Jenkins: "amazing news. Very happy for you x."
Jenkins is due to release an album later this year which promises to return to the classical repertoire she pursued earlier in her career.
She was previously engaged to former Blue Peter presenter Gethin Jones.


text: I bought the original 3 banana trees off Ebay several years ago. They were advertised as cold tolerant for my zone so I thought I would try them. As suggested they lived their first winter in the house, but we planted them in late spring of 2011. They were heavily mulched for winter and this year they reached the roof line and multiplied like crazy. We will divide them next spring. A little bit of the tropics in Pennsylvania.


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Commentary Maternity and Birthing
My Invisible Earthquake: One Woman's Journey Through Stillbirth
On New Year's morning in January 2003, my life took a shocking turn with my obstetrician uttering three simple but devastating words: no fetal heartbeat. Several attempts to induce labor finally lead us to my first and only daughter's stillbirth at dawn on Friday, January 3, 2003.
This article was originally published as part of a series produced by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (www.gatesfoundation.org).
I named her Iman (Faith) Bongiwe (Gratitude) and she was buried at noon on that same day.
Being a writer, I wrote for my own relief and sanity several times a day; at other times, I could manage to eke out only a word for weeks. It helped immensely to have a place to go to release my overwhelming tides of grief, a space where I did not have to censor my thoughts and feelings for the sake of those around me. Six years later a book emerged entitled Invisible Earthquake: A Woman's Journal through Stillbirth, published by new South African women's press Modjaji Books in 2009. It is not only a poetic memoir, but includes a medical perspective and support resource information.
Above all, it is a tribute to my daughter, made with immeasurable love.
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With another year since her passing, I can reflect on how far I have come on this path of recovery, although never certain of the day or moment when sudden sadness will sink me again, taking me back to remembering what must never be forgotten – about her or about what happened to me, to us. With this book finding its way onto bookshelves and into cyberspace, unexpected doors have opened, welcoming my daughter and me in with intensity and urgency.
My intimate perspective as a mother has begun to cross communication gaps and pain-filled silences within women, families and within medical fraternities across the world. People's responses to these interactions have covered the entire spectrum from devastation to healing release and deep inspiration. In the two-way process of sharing I am both the giver and the receiver.
Numerous mothers and a few fathers have shared their experiences of stillbirth with me. I encourage them to give permission to their grief and remembrance and to reach out for professional bereavement support. I have felt authentically useful to others in making the connections between clinical responses, cold statistics, and documentation of stillbirths, and the raw humanity of the experience, a mother's voice, which still remains widely blanketed in silence.
Within many African communities, however, there are a range of social and cultural factors which inhibit women from speaking about their experience or accessing emotional as well as basic practical support.
While there is pervasive inaccessibility to services as a consequence of poverty, in many cases simply addressing the lack of information, support, and ongoing education – both of mothers, medical staff and the public – could save babies' and mother's lives and begin to ease the protracted suffering stillbirth can lead to.
Compounding this situation are prevailing perceptions that therapy is for the elite, that depression is not a valid medical condition, dominant religious or cultural beliefs that may deem stillbirth as "God's will" which must not be questioned, or this tragedy is seen as a curse upon a family.
In a context where children are considered part of one's wealth and community status and in some ways proof of one's womanhood, the shame of infertility, miscarriage and stillbirth can mean death in more ways than one for an African woman.
Ironically, as has been my experience, once one woman breaks the silence with her testimony, many others find the courage to reveal their own pain and difficulties with finding the comfort and support they so desperately need. The profoundly healing impact of one mother sharing her experience with another can also never be underestimated. Even if initially they are strangers, across small or great distances, this shared journey of a very particular womb loss offers immense comfort by virtue of sharing with one 'who knows'.
This is where the road separates
Those who have been there
And those who have not
Those who know
Drown in fresh air
In company
In shopping malls and parking lots
In circles of sympathizers
In the morning
At any given moment
In the middle of the night
Despite the love
Of those around me
I drown
In the silence
Rain cloud hanging heavy
Above the traffic of my thoughts
Around my still pounding heart
I drown
In the silence
Permeating my womb
-excerpt from Invisible Earthquake: a woman's journal through stillbirth
With growing exposure to the research, facts, and updated global statistics about stillbirth, particularly through the recently launched Lancet series on stillbirth, I am driven to break the silences, stigma, and misconceptions around stillbirth wherever and wherever possible.
Our collective "noise-making" about the reasons for stillbirth, the preventable causes, and the need for global government and private sector investment in this relatively neglected area of health care can change the numbing statistics from today, even if it means saving one baby's life at a time.
Even in the delivery room in January 2003, I knew my daughter did not come to bring me sorrow. I recognize the gifts and life lessons that she continues to bring, from that very rupture in my heart and the inner earth of my body. I will never be the same and the direction of my life, the depth of my living has irrevocably changed.
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Holliday remains in lineup despite sore shin
By Jenifer Langosch and Joey Nowak / MLB.com
Holliday fouled a 1-0 pitch from Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus off his left shin in the eighth inning of Wednesday's 8-0 win, and he was replaced by pinch-runner Shane Robinson after hitting a two-run single.
"We have had this happen to him quite a few times through the season, whether it's hit by a pitch or foul ball," Matheny said. "He's tough."
Holliday hit .435 during last year's NL Championship Series, and the six-time All-Star is batting .333 (5-for-15) with a homer and three RBIs in this year's playoffs, entering Thursday's game.
"The guy has played just about every day for us," Matheny said. "Absolutely has the respect of the clubhouse for that, a guy comes in banged up and still finds a way not to just get in there, but to do something big for us."
Lynn comes out of bullpen in Game 4
WASHINGTON -- The Cardinals had nine relievers ready for Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Thursday, as manager Mike Matheny deemed right-hander Lance Lynn available for limited use in relief.
Lynn's appearance lasted just one batter, but unfortunately for St. Louis, that one was Jayson Werth, who delivered a walk-off homer to lift Washington and force a Game 5.
Lynn threw 50 pitches in a three-inning relief appearance on Monday, which eliminated him as an option out of the 'pen in Game 3. In Lynn's absence on Wednesday, Matheny turned to rookie reliever Trevor Rosenthal in a situation that normally would have been Lynn's to cover.
Lynn seemed the likeliest candidate to slide into the rotation -- in place of Jaime Garcia, who has been sidelined with a left shoulder injury -- should the Cardinals advance to the NL Championship Series. In order to keep him open as an option to pitch early in the NLCS, Lynn likely won't be used for an extended relief appearance during the remainder of this series.
The short stint in Game 4 could almost serve as the equivalent of the side session Lynn would throw two days before a start. That means it would not affect Lynn's status for a potential NLCS start.
Cards' order proving to be deep this postseason
WASHINGTON -- With its breadth of postseason experience, it was expected that the heart of the Cardinals' lineup would do damage this October. And yet it's been the bottom of the order that's given the club some much-needed depth and given Nationals pitchers fits.
Players such as David Freese (last year's National League Championship Series and World Series MVP) and Carlos Beltran (with the all-time best home run/at-bat ratio of 7.54 and a career .367 postseason average) have supreme playoff pedigrees.
But with the help of players like Pete Kozma and Daniel Descalso at the bottom, the heart of the order has been able to thrive. Even Chris Carpenter had two hits Wednesday from the No. 9 spot.
"You can't beat having eight guys in that lineup -- nine yesterday, including Carp -- who were putting tough at-bats together," Cards manager Mike Matheny said. "There's no room to breathe."
St. Louis has kept its foot on the gas pedal this series, dominating nearly throughout. The rookie Kozma, who has started in all four playoff games at shortstop, hit a key three-run homer to aid the Cardinals' blowout on Wednesday. Descalso homered in Game 2, and he also tacked on an RBI single in that rout. He's also had a few potential homers snagged by fine defensive efforts.
"Daniel and Pete are both really good ballplayers, and they have hit pretty good throughout their career," said first baseman Allen Craig. "So when they're doing what they can do at the bottom of the lineup, it definitely helps the guys out in the middle of the lineup."
Cards' potential NLCS Game 1 starter up in the air
WASHINGTON -- While the Cardinals will have few complaints if they are able to dispose of the Nationals on Friday and advance to the National League Championship Series for the second straight season, the club will look back on Game 4 as a missed opportunity to earn that NLCS invite a day early.
The Cards' rotation could have clearly benefited from a quicker end to the series. With the Nationals forcing a Game 5, the Cardinals have no choice but to go back to Game 1 starter Adam Wainwright on Friday. That means that if the Redbirds take the series, Wainwright would not be able to pitch in the NLCS until Game 3, at the earliest.
The way the Cardinals aligned their rotation for the NL Division Series also precludes Chris Carpenter and Kyle Lohse from being available in Game 1 of the NLCS. As a result, the Cards would have to turn to Lance Lynn, Shelby Miller or Joe Kelly to take the ball in San Francisco.
Needing to keep one of the three ready as a potential Game 1 starter will affect how manager Mike Matheny utilizes his relievers in Friday's Game 5.
Worth noting
Heather Westbrook, the wife of Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook, gave birth to the couple's fourth child on Thursday morning. Jake Westbrook traveled back to his home in Georgia to be at the hospital for the birth of son, Paxton Hall. A Cards representative confirmed that mother and son are doing well.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Supreme Court Justice All Broken Up About High School Newspaper Foofaraw
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy demands that you listen closely as he clears the air on this whole "Anthony Kennedy tried to censor a high school newspaper" thing, by blaming it on his staff. Anthony Kennedy loves kids. And newspapers!
The New York Times reported that Kennedy's office demanded prior review of the Dalton student paper's story about Kennedy's talk there, a brave story that Bill Keller greenlighted despite a clear and present danger to his candidacy for Dalton's Favorite Dad. Now, Kennedy tells the rival WSJ his side of the story:
In an interview Tuesday, Justice Kennedy said he never asked to clear the copy before publication. He said the request came from a new employee who misunderstood his longtime rule for classroom visits: no outside media, but campus reporters are welcome.
Also he says he loves student reporters and seeks to protect them from professional reporters, who are professionally obligated to mock their stupid, stupid nerd idiot questions they always ask a Supreme Court Justice, like "How are you going to vote on this case?" God, shut up, stupid high school reporters. You are seriously retardo. If you go snitching to the Supreme Court again I swear. You'll get something a lot worse than prior review.
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Walks inside Venice
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (CEST)
Event Details
ST MARK'S SQUARE, ST MARK'S BASILICA (with priority entrance), A WALK BACKSTAGE INTO THE CASTELLO DISTRICT - THE RIALTO BRIDGE AND FOOD MARKET
With a complete historical introduction to Venice.
This tour will start with St Mark's Square, the former political centre of the Venetian Republic, and will take you into St.Mark's Basilica, a 900 year old marvel of architecture, unique in Italy for its Byzantine and Medieval mosaics, its intricate stone and marble traceries and exuberant orientalizing domes
(Our guide will be armed with a special pass, so you will skip the line to get in !)
Our guide will describe all the famous architectures (the Doges' Palace, Sansovino Library, the Bridge of Sighs, the Bell Tower...) and will provide a good historical introduction to the city: its genesis, maximum expansion and decline, through the course of time,spanning from the 9th to the 19th century !
After that, away from the crowds, we take a walk "backstage" to discover the unique layout of the city: bridges, fancy private palaces, narrow alleyways, large and small squares, elaborate stone well heads.
You'll learn how to get oriented in this maze like city, how it feels living in a place like this, and how today's administrators deal with the maintenance of this fragile heritage, facing year after year the risks of massive and unsustainable tourism!
We'll end our visit in the busy central area of Rialto, defined by historians "the Wall Street of Europe in the Middle Ages"to see the bridge - with a spectacular view on the Grand Canal - and its famous food market
The tour operates:
TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS FROM 10.00 am TO 12.30 pm
Meeting point and meeting time:
10.00 am - St. Mark's Square, by the exit of the
Doges' Palace (see picture on the left)
Duration: 2 and a half hours
Cost: Euro 60 per person
Number of participants: maximum 8 people
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No shorts (knee high are fine) - no sleeveless (short sleeves ok).
Our tours are intense and include quite a good amount of walking, good legs and good shoes are necessary.
As official city guides we can access St Mark's Basilica through a priority entrance from April through October.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM (CEST)
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Well, the Laptop is a Panasonic CF-25 and this phenomenon occurs with every network card (I tried several 3Com, one WaveLan silver and bronze and one NE2000 comp. noname card). The phenomenon is allways the same: First time (or after I do a init.d/pcmcia restart) everything is fine, after I eject one card and try to re-insert one (doesn't matter if its the same or another one), I get a low beep/high beep and in the logfiles the card is recognized as a "unknown memory card". Apart from that there`s nothing spezial in the logfiles.
The same cards work fine in any combination on another laptop (Dell xyz)


text: ...No not really heaven but still, a highly playable combination of heavy and headlight balance in braided graphite, boron and kevlar flavours (or so they claimed). TECHMANN was a very short-lived Aussie brand of the late 80s whose brand presence was built on a bunch of local coaching pros who endorsed the rackets and fronted their marketing campaign. Heck, with the money they saved on using an ATP pro they still spent big - I recall them running local 30-second TV ads ad-nauseum during Wimbledon '89. I'm guessing the rackets were Taiwanese-made sticks but they don't have the hallmarks or DNA of Kennex-made rackets so I think they came out of a different OEM manufacturer. I have also not seen the frames rebadged under any of the other more established brands. Perhaps you may have seen them under obscure European sports/retail brands? Inter Sports? Ascot? Marathon? etc. All are conventional specs from the era: 90-95 sq.in, 12+oz. weight, 16-18mm thin box beams with straight edges. Leather grips standard. Comfortable flex 60-63RA. "WPS" - "Well Portioned Weight System" (seriously). Very solid, filled-handle feel. Plastic grip collars. Aussie TT'ers with long memories may wish to chime in if they recognise anyone in the print ad or have any anecdotes they wish to share about the brand.


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Another one....to the dump
Think about Joe Willy's curse.... It's a pretty strange to say the least how all these things happened...
Maybe Joe really did make a deal with the devil..,
Blair Thomas over Emmit Smith
Kyle Brady over Warren Sapp
Bryan Thomas over Ed Reed
Jon McGraw over Michael Lewis
Ken O'Brien over Dan Marino
They were one pick away from getting Favre.. they ended up with Browining Nagle.
They would've gotten Peyton Manning,but in a shocker he decided to stay in school....ended up with MeShawn.
Mark Gastineau's infamous roughing the passer
1999 season we were favored to win it all.. Testaverde breaks his leg
1998 blow a 10 point lead in 4th qtr vs the Broncos
Pittsburgh game this year
Mo Lewis ending Drew Bledsoe's season which allowed the emergence of Tom Brady
2 Chokes in Oakland
1970 Namath gets hurt
The Al Groh collapse(Lions)
Hires Rich Kotite
Loses Bill Bellicheck.. we all know how that turned out
Loses Coles when we were on the verge of being great..
so much more.
Another one....to the dump
Please leave this board.Originally Posted by JacktheRipper
You read my mind.Originally Posted by LIDeadHead
where does the lone ranger take his trash?
to the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump!
Next stop: DUMPVILLE
is he trying to get dumped?
You're right this is garbage. However, I didn't make it.. the juggernaut Jets did.
It's amazing how this board is so optimistic.. we are a cursed franchise!!!
If they ever do win, it would be the biggest accomplishment in sports history. The Jets franchise has had more busts, more dumb plays, more heartbreakers, more garbage then any other franchise in sports history.
OF COURSE IT'S OPTIMISTIC, WE'RE FANS!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD FAN MEANS IDIOT?!!!!?Originally Posted by JacktheRipper
Any other franchise in history, ever hear of the cubs, the white sox, the red sox, the arizona cardinals, the detroit lions, the chicago blackhawks, the la clippers....... i could list a bunch more. the jets are far from being in that category, go away and stop annoying everyone here!Originally Posted by JacktheRipper
It's a lot easier to get to a championship in football then baseball, because of the draft. Also the Cubs haven't had as many heartbreakers as you think, because they are very rareley in the playoffs... same with White Sox.. The Red Sox are now the most powerful franchise in baseball.Originally Posted by klecko73god
The Lions are the only ones who could relate.. They have never even won a superbowl, but they are also very rareley in the playoffs, and very rarely good. They don't suffer the heartbreakers we do.
The Clippers and Cardinals don't have fans... so it don't matter.
Yo, Jack-*** the ripper.... you are Moron of the week.Originally Posted by JacktheRipper
You have sorry *** Giambi on your avatar, so im gonna go out ona limb and say that you must follow Baseball...or maybe just the Yankees. Well if you do, you probably heard of last years World Series, where a team from Boston who was believed to be cursed by some fat dude they traded back in the early 1900's, had NOT won a Championship title in their sport in 86 very, very long years. But guess what happened last year..... that team WON the WORLD SERIES.
86 Years....and a curse, GONE in one season.
So do me a favor..........Go cheer for another team, and when WE win a Super Bowl, do us all another favor, dont come in here and make a fool out of yourself.
Wow, when you actually read all of this it is actually scary to see all these things that have happened.
it never ceases to amaze me how stupid you are, baseball has no salary cap and three drafts and a farm system! if it was so easy to win in football how come the team with the most championships has only 9 (the packers) less than any other major sports all-time leader!Originally Posted by JacktheRipper
Yes I know, yet on this board it is garbage.... oh well.. I guess everything that isn't "Chad Pennington is great!" or "This is the Jets year" is garbage.Originally Posted by sackdance99
BTW Klecko, it takes an average of 3-4 years to develop a draftpick in baseball.. and then another 2 years for the draftpick to become a successful player.
If you draft a player at 18 years old he probably won't be a franchise player until he's 23.. if you're lucky.
Notice how long it is taking teams like the Royals, Tigers, Expos etc.. to be competitive. It is not easy... The Salary Cap makes it easier to win a championship..
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As much as I like the idea of the DUMP, i am afraid it is bringing out the inner masochist (and attention whore) in JacktheIdiot. How about four dumped posts in a month and you are dumped (that would make it third and long for JtR).
JerktheZipper is really pushing this curse thing in his recent posts. When everyone believes in a curse, it tends to become real IMO. That is the best explanation for the red sox (only a bunch of drunken 'idiots' could overcome this mindset). Expect to fail and you will fail.
fyi: before 2000 the Rams, Ravens, Patriots and Bucs had never won the SB.
fyi2: superbowl records
Cincinnati Bengals 0-2 .000
Philadelphia Eagles 0-2 .000
Buffalo Bills 0-4 .000
Minnesota Vikings 0-4 .000
Atlanta Falcons 0-1 .000
Carolina Panthers 0-1 .000
Tennessee Titans 0-1 .000
NY Jets 1-0 1.000
some teams have never made it. so STFU!
don't encourage him, the friggin cubs fan think they are cursed because some drunk idiot was not allowed into wrigley with a goat for christ's sake, any team that hasn't won for a while can comeup with the same BS and make it look like a curseOriginally Posted by sackdance99
what about the cubs or red sox?Originally Posted by JacktheRipper
As a die hard Yankee fan, I know a little about curses, and the Red Sox had one. But I think they never did, and a shirt backs my point up.... "There was no curse, the Red Sox just sucked for 86 years."
Maybe we've sucked for the last 36-37 years.
Oh God, I'll probably get banned for saying that, but there are teams that go a long way without a championship, it just happens. This could end our run.
I was cautiously optimistic, but now seeing Chad play vs. the Vikes, who have an upgraded secondary, I think this is it. The other team, in my mind, that'd harass us would be the Ravens, BUT, they have an even worse QB sitation.


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Earlier this week, DailyTech
reported that Intel is hard
at work on its next generation SATA II solid-state disks (SSDs). Intel's
Troy Winslow said in a CNET interview
that the next generation 80GB and 160GB multi-level cell (MLC) SSDs would most
definitely be faster than offerings currently sampling from Samsung.
Winslow was referring to Samsung's recently announced 128GB
SATA II SSDs which will begin shipping to customers during Q2. The drives use
MLC NAND technology and offer read/write speeds of 100MB/sec and 70MB/sec
OCZ Technology is looking to throw its hat into the ring
with an ultra-fast SATA II drive of its own. Customers looking for high-speed
SSDs in 32GB and 64GB capacities will be happy to know that OCZ's new drives
will offer read speeds of 120MB/sec and write speeds of 100MB/sec thanks to speedier single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash.
OCZ's drives look remarkably similar
to Samsung's SSD flash drives and the read/write speeds match up perfectly with
64GB SATA II SSD. Suffice to say, OCZ sources its latest SSDs from Samsung.
"There are many benefits of solid state drive
technology over traditional disk drives including superior speed, reliability,
and power savings," said OCZ Technology Executive Vice President Alex Mei.
"Our newest SATA II drives are designed to further extend the advantages
of this technology offering enhanced performance for high-end mobile
While the OCZ SSDs may be nothing more than Samsung units with
its name slapped onto the front, OCZ's offering will have a significant
advantage: retail availability. Samsung's 64GB SATA II drives are hard to come
by on the retail market unless you purchase a notebook that already has one
installed. OCZ's drive, on the other hand, will be available from a number of
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While some of our major exhibitions have closed or are preparing to close this spring and early summer, we have mounted a handful of new installations that consider works from our permanent collection in new ways.
The German Woodcut: Renaissance and Expressionist Revival is located in the Robert Gore Rifkind Gallery for German Expressionism on the second level of the Ahmanson Building. The installation features approximately fifty woodcuts from the Renaissance and from the early twentieth century.
Hans Baldung Grien, Stallion and Kicking Mare with Wild Horses, 1534, Los Angeles County Fund
Russian Avant-Garde is a small but mighty exhibition tucked into The David Murdock Family Gallery also on the second level of the Ahmanson Building, just to the right of René Magritte's Ceci n'est pas une pipe. The installation includes some objects that LACMA acquired after organizing the exhibition The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910–1930: New Perspectives, in 1980, the first large-scale exhibition of the movement in the United States.
Wassily Kandinsky, Orange, 1923, Los Angeles County Fund
In the Art of the Americas Building, Whistler's Etchings: An Art of Suggestion includes a selection of approximately twenty-five etchings and drypoints by Whistler, a key figure in the so-called "etching revival" of the latter half of the nineteenth century, is located on the third floor, toward the back of the American art galleries, through the David Geffen Gallery and to the left.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Street at Saverne, 1858, The Julius L. and Anita Zelman Collection
Also in the Art of the Americas Building but on the fourth floor in the Latin American galleries is Stitching Worlds: Mola Art of the Kuna, an in-depth look into the tradition of the mola—a textile created by Kuna women that is constructed from layers of cloth that are cut and stitched into colorful and intricate motifs.
Textile Panel (Mola), Panama, San Blas, Kuna people, last quarter of 20th century, gift of Lindy and Ellen Narver in memory of Grace Narver
Remember, members can see these installations and all of our permanent collection and special exhibitions for free all year round.
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Jenson Button believes Nico Rosberg will be in for a surprise when he goes head-to-head with Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes next year.
Button has been Hamilton's team-mate for the past three seasons, but Hamilton will move from McLaren to Mercedes at the end of this year. Rosberg has an impressive record against his team-mates in F1, beating his opposite number on every occasion apart from his debut season alongside Mark Webber at Williams in 2006, but Button thinks Hamilton's raw pace will still come as a shock to Rosberg.
"I think he'll probably get a bit of a surprise at his speed," he said. "I know he's been his team-mate in the past but I think he'll be surprised at how Lewis can get performance out of a bad car. I think that will be the biggest thing."
In terms of his personal relationship with Hamilton, Button admitted that Rosberg, who was Hamilton's team-mate in go-karts, knows him better.
"I think he knows him pretty well," he added. "I think Nico knows Lewis better than I do. They've worked together before and I'm sure he knows what to expect [from their working relationship]."


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There a few guys from my 2005 Draft class making a pretty big impact this season -- like Ryan Braun, Ryan Zimmerman and Troy Tulowitzki, and a few others. I've played with a lot of guys from that Draft on summer ball teams and Team USA, so I try to keep up with their progress. We keep in contact and it's always good to see them do well. Hopefully, we can all continue to play well.
Justin Upton, the only guy picked above me in the draft, came up with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's only 19 and contributing to a team in the playoff race. But the most impressive guy from 2005 has to be Braun. He's been lights out for Milwaukee. He hasn't been up here all year and has what, 26 home runs? That's pretty crazy. He didn't hit a homer against us but I've seen a lot of his highlights on ESPN. He's been on there quite a bit.
As for me, I had a terrible start, going 1-for-17, but I've moved on and learned from it. If I ever go through a slump like that again, I can look back and know how to handle it. I know how to get out of a rut. Ever since then, I've felt very comfortable at the plate.
I don't know how well a slow start like that would have been tolerated in a bigger market but my manager Buddy Bell and general manager Dayton Moore stuck with me and believed in me. I'm thankful for that.
I came up pretty quick from the Minors. Everyone wants to make it to the Majors as fast as they can, but you can't worry about that. You've just got to focus almost one day at a time and eventually, if you're doing things right, you'll get called up. The goal is to get here as early as possible and stay as long as you can.
We have some good young players on our team and we're starting to play better. Billy Butler is another rookie who's opening some eyes. I played with Billy in Double-A last year so I know he can hit for average and power. We have a lot of young talent in the Minors waiting to get called up. I think we have some guys who can do some damage up here. There was definitely a lot of talented players with me in Double-A last year and they've progressed in Triple-A. I'm excited to see those guys make it to Kansas City.
Everyone on the Royals knows we have a lot of hard work left to do and we know it's going to take a lot of hard work to make Kansas City a winner again. We're not happy with the way the season has gone. But we have seen improvements and I guess that's one way to look at it: We're improving.
Alex Gordon, the No. 2 pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Nebraska, is hitting .252 with 14 home runs and 54 RBIs and is 6-for-14 with three homers and seven RBIs in his last three games. The 23-year-old third baseman has also stolen 14 bases in his rookie season.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.