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SAN DIEGO (AP) The San Diego Padres didn't have to break much of a sweat in ending spring training with an 8-0 victory against the Mexico City Red Devils on Saturday.
It'll be a lot different Monday when they start a season of big expectations at Dodger Stadium against Clayton Kershaw.
Padres newcomers Justin Upton and Matt Kemp each drove in two runs, and Ian Kennedy and seven relievers combined on a two-hitter in the exhibition game, which was part of FanFest at Petco Park.
''It was nice to get out of spring and get a nice little dry run, pitching at home before the season starts,'' Kennedy said. ''It was nice to pitch in front of a crowd like that. They were excited and it got the adrenaline up a little bit from the normal spring training outing.''
Kennedy allowed only a walk while striking out three in three innings. The Red Devils didn't get their first hit until Emmanuel Avila singled to right off Brandon Maurer in the fifth inning. Mexico City committed three errors.
The Padres added five star position players and ace James Shields in a dramatic winter makeover.
''I think we're ready,'' manager Bud Black said. ''The health of the team is in a great spot. Guys physically and mentally are in a good spot. The pitchers have come out of this spring where we need them to be pitch-count wise, how their arms feel, the quality of their pitches, so we feel good about that.''
Kemp hit a bases-loaded infield single in the third and Upton followed with a two-run double. Will Middlebrooks, another newcomer, hit a sacrifice fly.
Kemp had another RBI single in the fourth.
Wil Myers, the new center fielder, singled twice and had a nice defensive play in the fourth, when he made a diving catch of Japhet Amador's line drive and doubled Ivan Terrazas off first to end the inning.
Red Devils: LHP Alberto Castillo allowed five runs and five hits in three-plus innings, walked four and struck out three.
Padres: Kennedy got in his final tuneup before his next scheduled start, in the home opener Thursday against San Francisco.
Black said RHP Brandon Morrow will be the fifth starter and RHP Odrisamer Despaigne will go to the bullpen. The Padres have other decisions to make before Sunday to get down to the 25-man roster limit. Among them is whether left fielder Carlos Quentin stays or goes. Quentin is due $8 million. Although he's healthy and played some first base during spring training, he's had a history of knee injuries.
Sid Monge, the bullpen coach for the Red Devils, gave up Tony Gwynn's first career hit, a double, on July 19, 1982, when the Padres played at Jack Murphy Stadium. Monge was with the Philadelphia Phillies. Gwynn, who died on June 16, finished his Hall of Fame career with 3,141 hits, all in a Padres uniform.
The Padres unveiled their new HD video board in left field, which they say is the biggest in the NL and the third-biggest in MLB. Costing between $10 million and $12 million, it is 61 feet tall and 124 feet wide, nearly five times as big as the original video screen at Petco Park, which opened in 2004.
Shields gets the start Monday afternoon against Kershaw, who won the NL MVP and Cy Young awards last year.


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First, customer contact information is entered into our NEXT-fit computer software.
Note: We respect our customers privacy. Our database will never be sold to any other company, no matter how hard they try.
Our custom made NEXT-fit fitting tools enable accuracy for inseam, foot and torso measurements that is unmatched elsewhere in the industry.
Our unique fit stick (part of our NEXT-fit System) has been in use here at R+E Cycles since 1996. Here, Smiley is using the 'fit stick' to get an accurate measurement of the customer's torso. This is crucial for designing the proper reach to the handle bars.
The body measurement process is completed with arm and shoulder measurements. All of the body measurements are then entered into our NEXT-fit computer system. The computer recommends a 'starting point' fit adjustment. The computer's recommendations are based on decades of data collection and software development.
The NEXT-fit bike is then used to let the customer feel the bike measurements the computer has recommended. Saddle positioning is adjusted and knee alignment is checked with a plumb line. Here's where your fitting professional's experience, ability to listen, and all around expertise comes into play.
Specially designed crank arms are adjustable to accomodate lengths from 155mm to 185mm. We can actually get crank arms in a lot of different sizes, but most manufacturers only use 1 or 2 sizes on their bikes. Having the appropriate length crank arm will not only make you more comfortable on your bike, but avoid knee problems and even help you ride faster.
All of the seat, handlebar, and length adjustments on our NEXT-fit bike can be done while the customer is riding. (You might see a copy of our NEXT-fit bike in a shop near you). This is unique in the 'fit bike' arena, but gives the customer an easy way to try different positions without having to warm back up. This feature is easy and convenient for both parties.
The NEXT-fit bike is adjusted until the customer is completely satisfied with their comfortable fit. There is a fan powered by the rider that can be adjusted to cool the rider if they are riding for a long time. We recommend that you ride until your sure you love the fit.
In this case, the customer was being fitted for a custom frame. After a couple of weeks, she dropped by to pick it up.

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Record label: No Idea Records
I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of Glass & Ashes first offering 'Aesthetic Arrest' and loved it, so I pressed play expecting great things and was not disappointed.
If you aren't lucky enough to have come upon them before, G&A are a hardcore-punk (I've also heard them called emo-core and DC-influenced-post-hardcore but let's keep it simple) outfit from California signed to No Idea. Gravelly vocals, crisp guitar and enough musical variation to keep it interesting dominate, with slower crusty parts that smack of a less heavy From Ashes Rise ('Exit Wound') and slicker parts that remind of a dirtier The Bronx ('Dead Bodies Sky Scrapers High').
I'm not sure if the band members cut their teeth in earlier bands (the internet has almost no information on them), but regardless this is a mature album from experienced and excellent musicians.
This is an great record that keeps giving on repeated listenings, the production is clear and adds to the crusty feel without being muddy and the lyrics are interesting and well thought out. All in all it's a first-rate album for fans of Planes Mistaken For Stars, The Bronx or anyone who loves fast, heavy punk.


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Beginning on October 11th, many Christian families will enjoy the family-friendly "Tuck Everlasting" from Disney (open October 11th, 2002). While not necessarily a "Christian" film or Director, we are pleased to bring you an interview with Jay Russell since we know that "Tuck" will do well at the box office and be a DVD/VHS addition to many Christian family's libraries in the future.
Jay Russell is also the Director of Disney's "My Dog Skip" (2000). He is originally from Little Rock, Arkansas and is a graduate of Memphis University (BA) and the Film School of Columbia University (MFA). Aside from directing family-friendly fare (My Dog Skip won the 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Award as Best Family Film), Jay has extensive experience shooting documentaries.
A script arrived at my house one day entitled "Tuck Everlasting." The title seemed familiar to me and I asked my agent if the screenplay was based upon a book. Once I learned that it was, I decided to read the book first, before I read the screenplay. Boy, am I glad I did.
While the screenplay was fine, the current draft had not captured the depth of themes evident in Natalie's writing.
Very simply, the themes and ideas set forth by the book. It is what I always look for first in a project. If there is no resonance in the material or universal life theme explored, most scripts hold little interest to me, much less devoting the energy and the amount of time away from my family that a film project requires.
In my first conversation with Natalie Babbitt, I told her that I was not going to make a movie of her book, rather, I was going to make a film "based upon" her book, one that was reminiscent, one that attempted to capture its themes and ideas, but not a literal adaptation.
I think the big danger of making a film adaptation of a book, especially when it is so well loved as this one, is that one can only disappoint. It is my opinion that when a person reads a book, they are making their own movie with their imagination. And that is a movie with a limitless budget and casting possibilities and shaped exactly as they would like to have it.
There is no way I can compete with that; therefore, I think it is very important for the film to stand up on its own merits and exist as its own piece of work.
That said, there is very little, in substance, that is different from the book. The one major change we made was to make Winnie 15 rather than 10 as it is in the book. I wanted to do this for two reasons: 1) Film literalizes everything. How would it seem having a 10 year old girl running around alone in the woods with a 17 year old boy speaking of love as it does in the book? It might seem innocent enough in the book (which it isn't really), but when it is literally acted out with real live people it suddenly gets very uncomfortable. And 2) By making her more of Jesse's age, their love story is immediate and real, underlining the temptation Winnie is forced to consider.
I think it might be worthwhile discussing the primary question this film asks, "If you could choose to live forever on this earth exactly as you are at this moment and never, ever change, would you do so?"
I think this discussion would lead to a bigger one of the "life cycle." I think that kids, especially when they hit 8 or 9 really begin to notice the aging process and begin to wonder why one of their grandparents had to die.
It is not a topic for kids to obsess over, but I do think that the less taboo and mysterious the subject is, the more understanding they have and the better they can deal with it when the inevitable arrives.
I think the book and the film makes a strong argument against it, and I have to say I agree. First of all, if I were to be frozen at any age I would have probably chosen age 4. It's all play with little thought about anything other than play. But to be frozen at 42 forever? No thank you.
In my opinion, it's the same reason upon which most fears are based, the unknown. Most people have some form of faith or spiritual guidance which eases that fear, but it is still the lack of direct experience which scares us to, uh, death. Bad pun… Sorry.
Again, I would have to speculate not having been at that doorstep myself, but I would presume it would have something to do with accepting the natural way of things, realizing that it is part of the plan.
I think he (as a metaphor) represents all of the greed and egocentrism of our world. Ben and I came up with a shot for the film which was not in the book or the script. It is the MITYS standing in the forest admiring himself in a hand mirror. No one else exists in his world other than himself and this greedy narcissism is certainly an evil in today's world (again, just my opinion).
Not at all. It took me months to finally settle on a young actor for the part. I was looking for someone with a timeless quality. Someone slightly ethereal, angelic, Peter Pan-ish. We were getting very close to shooting and everyone was beginning to panic, but I told everyone to stay calm, "he will walk through our door." And one day he did and he was Jonathan Jackson. Jon simply had all of the qualities I was looking for and on top of it, he is a fine young actor.
Again, it's the universal life themes both of these pieces had in their source materials, in their case the books upon which the films were based. I also think it is a wonderful thing for a family to go and experience a movie together. I enjoyed doing that with my parents and I enjoy it now with my family.
Oh gosh, they are wide ranging. I have always been an extreme film enthusiast, so the list is large and my taste will go from Godfathers I and II, to Terry Malick's Badlands to The Black Stallion to older classics like Sunset Blvd. to the Wizard of Oz. But really, the list goes on and on depending on which day you ask me.
I'm developing a few projects and reading books and scripts at the moment. There is a project at Disney called "Ladder 49" about New York City firefighters of which I am seriously considering.
Mr. Russell, thank you for your time in sharing with us. May "Tuck Everlasting" find success at the box office and subsequent VHS/DVD release. Many of us are looking forward already to your upcoming projects.


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There is yet another new hot mugshot going around. This is 24 year old Arkansas resident Sarah Seawright that has been arrested for a variety of things. She was arrested last month for failure to appear in court for driving carelessly and without insurance back in 2014. People, including her now, have been using #prisonbae and #jailhousebae online to describe her.
This is not a new thing. There was that green eyed guy that women went nuts over (click here for that) and this hot chick after him (click here for that). As for Seawright she was arrested back in 2012 for kidnapping, first degree battery, hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and aggravated robbery. She and another guy, LeDarius Laron Scales, that she had hiding in the car robbed someone.
That all being said...she is cute as fuck. I wouldn't mess with her not just because of her past criminal history or because this chick would have zero interest with me. But because she looks like too much work. That is generally my view of chicks that are cute as fuck. I imagine never seeing them without makeup on or something. I'm being a silly person. I have had one girlfriend that was cute as fuck and saw her without makeup but it took a while to get there. And she did look like a different person. And this chick is in her 20's which is a realm that I don't dwell in. In closing, yeah. Cute as fuck. The guy version of girls bad boy. Men will be lining up to get her pregnant.


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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
handspun scarf finished
The yarn I spun a while ago is now a scarf, finally! I've been meaning to post this pic a while back, when I actually did finish it, but better late than never. I'll be adding fringe to it eventually.
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Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving the nice comment about the owl cup cozy. It's a super pattern and gave me a great chance to practice working on dpns plus a way to make a great gift. Thanks for sharing it!
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The Optimal Components For a QM System In Your Enterprise
The Structure and Features of Contemporary TQM Systems
Should you want to offer counsel on the ideal quality system solutions to use as well as supply an accurate specification of an operation's goal, a totally documented quality management system to the ISO 9001 specification should be established.
An operation will profit from creating an efficient TQM system. The building block of a quality organization is the notion of the customer and also company collaborating for their joint benefit. For this to be helpful, the customer-supplier user interfaces need to extend inside and beyond the organisation, beyond the existing customers and materials and services suppliers.
A quality management system is a collection of managed tasks to direct and control an organisation for it to constantly enhance the productivity and efficiency of its performance.
These routines interact and are influenced by involvement in the system, so the isolation and investigation of each one in detail will certainly not necessarily lead to an insight of the process as a whole.
An effectual TQM system should be a strategic tool devised to deliver business targets and must have, at its core, a process technique with every process converting one or more contributions to generate an outcome that is valuable to the customer.
Furthermore, more finely detailed work guidance and processes could be developed just to assist with essential enterprise processes.
This is very important the second it is necessary to tightly designate particular task execution procedures.
A lot of organisations will certainly possess central company methods that determine
ISO 9001 Accreditation Consultants those functions which directly create value to the product or service for the purchasing customer and also support procedures which are called for to preserve the efficiency of the main systems.
There are a range of of documentation types in a modern QM system. The ISO 9001 standard details the main requirements in this regard. It's then the responsibility of organisations to determine the precise requirements for their own individual circumstances.
A quality guide generally consists of quick affirmations addressing the organization's policy concerning the requirements of the ISO 9001 requirement's different elements. This sort of a quality handbook is included in independent accreditation to ISO standards complete with documentation covering each aspect of the standard. Therefore, the quality manual is a key instrument which outlines the attributes of the company and its protocols, responsibilities and methods.
The processes as well as the optimal way of designing them to reach the corporation's aims are normally referred to as procedures. Descriptive documents that supply precise explanations of the processes as well as the manner in which they are performed are referred to as job directions.
Papers cover the things accomplished whilst carrying out the process, creating a means of communicating and also a file of activities.
The ISO 9001 standard states that affirmation of observance to the standard must be documented inside a fully registered quality management system and not simply in the formal quality handbook on its own. So for the production of quality guides, currently there are no particular guidelines which relate to their development.
Development of the system can be troublesome simply because it should be simple. It's feasible to write down every facet of a method in enormous detail.
But, the emerging document would be so extensive that staff wouldn't wish to utilize it given that it seems hard to find the exact relevant information required.
And, for the reason that it's so full of detailed information which is actually known to the operative performing the task.
The Structure and Rewards of Today's Quality Management Systems
Do You Want To Learn How To Become An Outstanding Accountant?
Dealing with an expert accountant can have benefits in ways that you might not have actually considered previously. They may have the ability to suggest similar or similar specialists in your location of business to deal with, specifically if your business is handling more customers and planning to expand. On the other hand, if you are planning to hire or contract for certain work, your accountant might have a connection or understand somebody who might end up being a valuable possession to your business through their diverse clientele.
Keep in mind that expert accountants are exactly that– a professional in their field of work. They may have great recommendations about investments you are intending on participating in, and they might know your business inside and out and guide you on the best choices making depending on your financial standings and goals. If you are a brand-new business owner, an accountant may provide beneficial tactical planning pointers and show you the best ways to establish a company structure to guarantee your business to be financially stable.
When you have an expert concentrating on your accounting and monetary needs, you are able to make the effort that you would have spent struggling on an area you do not master, and put it to good usage on growing and tending to your companies. Having an accountant eventually helps you continue to run things smoothly and prevent any significant financial crises.
Having a trusted individual accountant can benefit your company in several methods. If you are considering working with an accountant, or are seeking to talk to someone about what your options are when it pertains to somebody else handling your financial needs, do not hesitate to get in touch with any certified and recognized accountant. Together, you can invest to make your financial future secure.
Small business owners looking for making the most of every penny often attempt to conserve cash by doing without an accountant. With software options such as QuickBooks or Xero that make accounting easier than ever, this may seem like a wise relocation. However even if you're proficient with accounting software, you could be selling your business short by not hiring an accountant.
While accounting involves keeping monetary records, accounting encompasses much more. A qualified public accountant (CPA) can supply a large range of services, consisting of:
– Getting examined monetary statements or auditing your business's books
– Providing company guidance to help you run cost-effectively
– Developing a personal financial plan
– Setting up bookkeeping and accounting systems
– Maintaining monetary records
– Tax planning recommendations
– Preparing and submitting your business taxes
Nevertheless, employing an accountant can also be a substantial financial investment. Before deciding, do a cost-benefit analysis to see if hiring an accountant makes financial sense for your business.
In a cost-benefit analysis, you note and estimate all the costs of an action along with all the benefits of that action, assign a dollar value to each, accumulate the two columns, and deduct one from the other to identify whether the action is economically possible. Usually, you designate an amount of time to the expenses and advantages– in this case, a three-year period might be sensible.
Suppose you own an IT speaking with company and handle all the bookkeeping yourself utilizing QuickBooks. You're so busy that bookkeeping falls to the back burner. As an outcome, you're late getting billings out and capital is suffering. Should you hire an accountant? Before determining the cost-benefit analysis, gather some information.
Identify what services you need. In this case, you most likely want everything from bookkeeping to company recommendations. Get cost quotes from numerous accounting professionals. A lot of accountants expense by the hour, however some deal with monthly retainers. Also ask if the accountant uses lower-cost aid (such as a bookkeeper) to perform a few of the responsibilities; if so, those rates may be lower. Get a price quote of the hours per month it would take to offer what you require, and the total regular monthly expense.
Think through all the possible costs and benefits, not simply the short-term or apparent ones. Here are some you may detail:
– Expense of your time interacting with the accountant (you'll still have to offer required records, get paperwork together and consult with the accountant sometimes).
– Expense of any new software required by the accountant.
– Opportunity expenses (what could you acquire by utilizing the very same amount of money for something else? Would employing another IT worker or purchasing devices produce a better return?).
Month-to-month amount of time you save quiting accounting (Multiply the hours you spend on bookkeeping by your per hour pay rate, being sure to include the overhead costs of any advantages).
Prospective new business you might obtain using that time. Expect you currently spend 20 hours a month on accounting, and might invest those 20 hours on company development instead. If it takes you an average of 60 hours to land a new client, and your average customer represent $80,000 of business annually, the dollar advantage of the accountant would be 20 x 12 (or 240) divided by 60, which = 4 brand-new customers. Increased by the average account's fee, that's 4 x $80,000 or $320,000 annually.
Potential financial gains you could make based on the accountant's retirement planning suggestions. You can find typical rates of return for numerous types of financial investments online.
Benefits of preventing costly tax filing mistakes or fines (if you've ever had tax issues, you will have some estimate of just how much these can cost.).
Some expenses and advantages are easier to quantify than others; oftentimes you'll be using estimates or averages. However, by thinking through the costs and benefits in monetary terms, you'll be better able to assess the genuine value of working with an accountant.
Exactly What Is Direct Selling?
One year at a nationwide conference a group of specialists were sharing how difficult it was to keep up with their full-time job, their part-time direct sales business, and run a household. In other words, they did not see how it was possible to discover the time making prospecting require recruiting. As I heard them, it was simple for me to empathize.
If you have a full-time job and a household, in addition to your direct sales business, you may not just be wondering how you're supposed to fit in prospecting calls to hire individuals, but also prospecting calls to book house parties also.
Whether you have a family awaiting you when you get house or not, exactly what I want you to understand is that as soon as you walk because door, you will want to unwind. And your brain is going to offer you reason after justification why you are worthy of a break and can wait till tomorrow making all those prospecting calls.
This may shock you but I am not going to tell you to disregard that brain of yours. Instead, I am going to show you ways to unwind, enjoy your family and your evening, and move your direct sales business ahead.
The reason it is so tough to obtain yourself making telephone call once you get house from work is that you have to press both physically and mentally against the current. Ever attempt to run or ride your bike against the wind? If you have, you understand how hard that is to do, which is exactly what it's like when you come home from a complete day of work and need to "develop" the energy to work again. 9 breaks of ten it does not sound fun, which is why you put it off up until tomorrow, then the day after tomorrow, etc
. The key? Make those prospecting calls before you ever walk through the front door, so that once you do get house, you can delight in being with your family and unwind.
Here is exactly what I suggest: Every evening make a note of the contact number of 3 to 5 prospects and/or clients in a little note pad. During your lunch hour, make a minimum of one call (if you feel like making more, go for it, but make at least one). Finishing one call will only take a couple of minutes and you will not only have the majority of your lunch break to unwind, however you will also have the ability to actually enjoy it due to the fact that you attempted to move your business ahead.
After work, discover a comfy area at your work environment or even in your automobile to make another 2 to four telephone call. Believe it or not, even by making just 3 calls a day, you can move your company ahead. One of the most magnificent things about this company is the impact that consistency has on it. By making three calls six days a week, you wind up making 72 calls a month.
Now, keep in mind the group of experts I heard talking about the difficulties of developing a bigger company, if one had a full-time job and a family together with a direct sales business? I shared with that group this extremely idea, and at the next nationwide conference they actually hunted me down to tell me their fantastic outcomes. A number of had sponsored 3 individuals, and one lady had sponsored 7 people by implementing that idea alone!
Often the simplest method to make big things take place in this company is to take little but consistent everyday actions that do not need you to suffer or compromise time with those you like.
Typical Flowers Types
As a member the particular daisy family originating from South Africa, the striking Gerbera is perfect for container and also vase arrangements. Like a rainbow spectrum, the Gerbera consists of various hues like red, white, orange, yellow plus more. The Gerbera is often a rather enormous flower with its petals measuring approximately a hundred mm from one end to the other. The modern look along with its bright shades make it a frequent choice in most varieties of occasions including weddings and even as decorations in offices or perhaps in the home.
Display Carnations
The particular carnation, a type of flower that can be found in a few hues such as white, pink as well as yellow, is a great addition for virtually any flower arrangements also. This flower comes from the particular Dianthus flower species which in turn means "flower of love". Their appearance is ruffled and they have a lovely perfume which has been compared with cloves. Carnations can be displayed in many ways to show off their beauty and magnificence in containers, tall vases or in centerpieces.
The Superb Tulip
With its inexpensive and large variety of shades, they're fairly easy to obtain and frequently employed when you need plenty of blossoming flowers. Tulips, on the other hand, represent polish and also refinement, the best representation of success. With their fairly large petal sizes, they can likewise be used as just one flower inside a particular vase, or coupled with shrubs as well as other branches to create a flower arrangement.
Native Hydrangeas
Being prominent and eye-catching, the hydrangeas are thought to be one of the most, if not most, beautiful flowers used in the structure of a flower bouquet or even an arrangement. In addition, because of their relatively significant dimensions as well as attractive appearances, they're noticeable enough to be exhibited by themselves or in addition to any other flower arrangements.
The Gerbera
As part of the daisy species from Africa, the Gerbera is also popular for its use in the vase as well as as part of any floral arrangement. The Gerbera features a rather huge head too, averaging ten centimetres in diameter and will come in many different colors as well, including white, red yellow, pink and orange. Gerberas are perfect for mass arrangements in modern day styles and offer an attractive splash of colour with regard to weddings, celebrations, homes as well as office buildings!
The Rose
Roses, with its slender yet sturdy stem and beautiful bloomings, have earned it the title of the queen of the flowers. The greatest representation of love and romance, it is a recommended, or even required, addition for virtually any floral arrangements whatsoever. You'll be able to choose the conventional colours of reds, pinks, whites, or yellow or those hues which aren't so well known including salmon, violet, cream, orange, striped or perhaps bi-coloured. It's actually possible to have messages imprinted on the petals as well!
Focal Point Lilies
Over many generations, Lilies have come to symbolise several meanings from unusual beauty to purity. These flowers are available in numerous shades like orange, yellow, white and red, the commonest shade. These are occasionally utilised as simple presents or perhaps whenever paying tribute. Due to their striking smell and appearance, these kinds of flowers are highly popular even in the current age. With its excellent beauty as well as radiance, this particular flower is usually used in bouquets of flowers or in funerals as well.


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A source Orlando Pirates has said that midfielder Oupa Manyisa might lose his role as the club's captain following complaints from team-mates and club officials regarding his leadership qualities.
Manyisa, who has captained Pirates for the last two seasons is having fingers pointed at him for the club's poor display in the last two seasons. It is said that Manyisa is unable to unite the players and some don't even take him seriously.
"This is a big issue at the club, there is no one who is satisfied with his leadership. He is a good player but he hasn't been performing well in the last couple of months on the pitch and in his duties as the club's captain. He barely speaks, he can't even motivate players when they are down. Should it be decided that they take the belt away from him, Thabo Matlaba or Happy Jele will take over," said the source.
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MEDIA WATCH Executive Producer Peter McEvoy, whose program is blind to the errors committed by host David Marr's leftoid pals, recently sent this note to Crikey.com.au:
"We try to be balanced and we're more than happy to come down on some lefty columnists if we catch them stuffing up.
"If you or your subscribers have any decent examples send them to email@example.com. We check out all the tips we receive, and while we won't whack it on line as quickly as Crikey, we'll give it a good run if it stands up."
Well, let's see. Here's lumpy lefty columnist Phillip Adams in today's Australian:
George W. Bush is, God help us, US President, despite receiving fewer votes than Al Gore. For this he can thank his brother, Jeb, the devious Governor of Florida, and his father's conservative friends on the US Supreme Court. Having stolen the election, one of the most mediocre men to hold the office was given unprecedented power by, of all people, Osama bin Laden.
It's illogical to claim that Bush is President despite "receiving fewer votes than Al Gore", as the popular vote has no bearing on Presidential elections. Adams may as well write that Bush is President despite a decline in Maine's lobster population. And the "stolen election" myth has been erased by comprehensive recounts.
Indeed, the only thing holding Bush back is that many senior Republicans think the plan to attack Iraq is utterly bonkers. The President might shrug off the views of Henry Kissinger and a chorus of Republican congressmen …
Henry Kissinger is in favour of a war against Iraq. The New York Times apologised for misrepresenting Kissinger's stance on this subject some while ago. Try to keep up, Phil.
Clearly the lunatics are running the US asylum and will brook no argument. "You're either with us or you're against us," they say, insisting that unilateralism in foreign policy is justified by September 11 – as are the attacks on human rights and due process within the US.
Care to offer any examples? No?
Phil's anti-Americanism is so profound that it overwhelms his vision, ruins his ability to perform simple mathematics, and corrupts his knowledge of the alphabet, as we learned from his July 6 column, in which Phil imagined how Australia might become part of the US:
Yes, it does present a design problem for Washington, squeezing a 51st star on to Old Glory. There are five neat rows of ten and 51 isn't easily divisible. But if the Americans can put a man on the moon they can fit Australia into their flag. Sorry, our flag.
The US flag has nine horizontal rows, not five. Those rows include, alternately, five and six stars, not ten. The last five-row US flag was the 38-star flag of 1877-1890. The last flag with five neat rows was the 35-star flag of 1863-1865.
Incidentally, 51 is easily divided by 17 and 3.
Australia will simply join the list of other states, like Texas, Kansas and California. With alphabetical order in our favour, we will enter the list at No 3, just after Alabama and Arkansas.
No, we'd enter the list fifth, after Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and Arkansas.
A junior reporter would be fired for making such elemental errors. Adams doesn't even apologise. And Media Watch lets him get away with it, preferring to point out such momentous gaffes as a radio presenter's confusion over September 11 news replays and spelling mistakes at a university website.
Over to you, Peter McEvoy. Oh, if you want more Internet mistakes, here's some from Radio National:
'Last Night in New York' is a unique take on the events of September 11, a traumatic event scene through the eyes (& ears) of a Australian romantic in love with the idea of New York.
Scene through the ears. What a way to witness an "event."


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Food Applications
Council monitors and regulates the operation and premises from which the sale and distribution of prepared food for consumption by the public takes place. This ranges from commercial kitchens within premises of resort complexes such as the Country Club Casino to food stalls and caravans at public events.
Is it necessary to make application to prepare food for consumption by the public?
The Food Act 2003 requires the owner, occupier or operator of any premises, vehicle or equipment used for, or in relation to, the manufacture of sale of food to register the premises, vehicle or equipment with the Council. All new businesses intending to handle or sell any type of food must complete a Notification of a Food Business form, below.
Print and fill out the application form below.
Do fees apply?
An annual fee of $167.50 applies to an established food premises.
Further enquiries or food related complaints?
Further information is available from and complaints can be lodged with Council's Environmental Health Office between 8.30am and 5.00pm weekdays on 6393 5300.
Select which application you require from the links below:
Applications and Information for Mobile Food Businesses
Mobile Food Businesses also require registration. A mobile food business can choose to apply for a once-off temporary registration or for state-wide registration. Select one of the links below for an application form. The booklet below, contains useful information you will need to know when operating a Mobile Food Business.
PLEASE NOTE: Completed form and payment MUST be received by Council a minimum of 7 days prior to event to allow time for processing.
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Council has recently adopted a policy to formalise the process for Council to grant permits for the sale of goods from a public street or Council owned or managed property.
If you wish to sell food from a vehicle in the Meander Valley municipal area from a public street or Council owned or operated land a Vendors Permit is now required.
Two types of permit may be issued:
- Specific Site Vendors Permit – e.g. food van operating from Westbury Village Green, Deloraine Rotary Park or Hadspen Lions Park; or
- Variable Site Vendors Permit – e.g. ice cream vendors stopping at various locations within a 15 minute period
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A lot has happened in the viral video-sphere in the last seven days, from the sexy to the surreal. ELLE brings you the best videos on YouTube - one for each day of the week - featuring Olivier Rousteing on how fashion changed his life and Michelle Obama rapping. Yes, rapping. Open your eyes and ears because you're in for a treat.
1. Michelle Obama Spits Educational Bars
Rap just got more political than ever before. The First Lady, Michelle Obama, continues her mission to encourage young people to stay in higher education. Joined by Saturday Night Live's Jay Pharoah, Michelle - the classiest hype woman in history - raps: 'If you wanna fly jets you should go to college!' Stay in school, kids. Word.
2. Baby Beyonce Sings A Show Tune
We always had a suspicion that Queen Bey has been hitting those high notes since day dot. Apparently we were right and this video of a seven-year-old Beyonce singing 'Home' from the hit musical, The Wiz, proves it. Baby Bey absolutely kills it.
3. Olivier Rousteing Speaks To Newsnight
Creative Director of Balmain, Olivier Rousteing, appeared on BBC's Newsnight. The fashion mogul spoke frankly and emotionally about the recent attacks in Paris and about his own 'tough life', discussing his adoptive parents and growing up in an orphanage, adding: 'Fashion always helped me to define who I am and who I want to be.'
4. The Office Christmas Party Gets Rounded Up In 40 Seconds
Bella Hadid looked incredible bathed in red lights in The Weeknd's new music video for 'In The Night'. The rapper's typically dark lyrics tell the story of a young city slicker seductress who he's crushing hard on. Now that Bella and The Weeknd have confirmed their romance, we can't help but wonder whether the song is autobiographical.
6. Dads Read Their Daughter's Texts To Their Boyfriends
Imagine your dad reading the texts you've sent to your boyfriend. Cringing yet? Well, now watch this video in which real life American teenage girls unlock their phones and hand them over to their fathers, no holds barred. Particularly enjoy the moment when one father reads: 'It's been a while since I *eggplant emoji* with a real dude'... Help.
7. Adele's 'Hello' Gets A Motherhood Makeover
Hello from the mother side. This has to be the cleverest Adele parody yet. Emily Mills - genius, singer, mother and our spirit animal - has reimagined Adele's epic ballad to vent about the stresses of motherhood and it's hilarious. We approve of the sepia tones too; they hide all manner of kiddie stains.
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Classic Singleton
February is nearly out and I haven't posted for a few weeks so I thought I'd just throw in my thoughts on the use and misuse of Singletons! Many of my colleagues working in Java pepper their code with static methods and use them as placeholders for pure function calls. Some would argue that the language encourages this.
I've also seen the same thing in Smalltalk code – since the class side only exists once in the image it is in effect a Singleton and therefore we can use this to our advantage and write class methods to achieve the Singleton effect. So if you want to create a WidgetFactory as a Singleton you can simply add class methods to WidgetFactory that return widgets for you (e.g. #getWidget:). But just because you can doesn't mean you should!
So why not?
Responsibility Design
Good software objects have clearly defined responsibilities. The class side of an object has two basic contracts with the rest of your application…
- To deliver properly formed instances of itself.
- To manage state that is shared across all instances of the class
The class side should not be responsible for delivering instances of other classes. The class side of a WidgetFactory can return an instance of a WidgetFactory but it should not return a Widget. It's not its responsibility.
Object Domain Model
It sounds obvious but an object software is made up of objects. Classes are not part of your domain model. They are meta objects that describe the shape and contents of your domain objects. If there is a need for a Singleton to perform a task like "create new Widgets based on some criteria" then this should be the responsibility of a WidgetFactory or the WidgetFactory (if you only want one of them in your image) but it is not the responsibility of the "WidgetFactory Class". There is no such thing as a "WidgetFactory Class" in your domain model (unless of course your domain is meta programming)
As you design you can often be pretty sure that you want the WidgetFactory to be a Singleton (i.e. there will only ever be one WidgetFactory in the entire image). But what happens down the line when you discover the need for a second WidgetFactory (like the first but maybe implementing a slightly different WidgetContruction strategy). If all of your Widget creational methods (e.g. #getWidget:) are implemented as instance methods you can easily allow your application to create a second WidgetFactory which all your code will work with unaltered.
If you implemented #getWidget: as a class method on WidgetFactory you've now got a refactoring job to do. You can't have a second WidgetFactory class – Smalltalk won't let you and what's more all your clients of #getWidget: are calling the class side. Ouch!
So how so you code a Singleton in Smalltalk?
Well first you define a class variable to hold the single instance – (I usually name this "Instance")
Object subclass: #WidgetFactory
instanceVariableNames: ''
classVariableNames: 'Instance'
poolDictionaries: ''
category: 'WidgetsRUs-Model'
Then I create a class method #getInstance which returns the contents of "Instance" (lazy initializing if necessary)
^Instance ifNil: [Instance := self basicNew ].
Finally I stop #new from returning another instance of my class
^self shouldNotImplement
Some people are tempted to make class>>#new return Instance although I prefer not to as this sets a false expectation on the reader of any client code that a new instance is being returned.
4 Comments on "Classic Singleton"
March 1, 2007 at 11:00 am
really good explanation.
I often implement your #getInstance lazy initialization as "super new" instead of "self basicNew". What is the best solution ? I prefer "super new" currently because I can access it and #new is the real method for creating new instances. For me, #basicNew is an implementation detail. But if I subclass my singleton, I can't access "super new" anymore, so I'm stuck.
Can you explain me what are the pros/cons of your solution ?
Thank you
March 5, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Hi Damien
By making explicit calls to super you can cause you code to be dependent on what the super class is doing e.g. if the #new in you superclass (or one of its ancestors) returns "super new initialize" then in a subclass you override #new to return "super new initialize" then you get the initialize sent to your new subclass instance twice.
Any method that begins "basic" should not be overridden and therefore its effects can be more predictable – "self basicNew initialize" would guarantee that the initialize method only gets called once and you are not subject to the quirks of the superclass implementation.
March 24, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Alan! You can be googled remarkably easily. Have not got a clue what your on about here but was intruiged to see if I could find your blog. Nice work!
March 26, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Hi Ben
Better watch what I say (or go via a pseudonym) 🙂


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Three Reserves of the Gulf Coast
"So, you guys are going to LA?," asked the woman in the next to last row of seats on the Southwest flight. We were a bit puzzled by this inquiry since our plane had just left Southern California. "No, we're going to the Florida panhandle," was our reply.
"No, y'all are going to LA…. Lower Alabama."
Such was our introduction to hospitality of the south on a recent trip to Mobile, Alabama for the annual National Estuarine Research Reserves meeting. Mike Vasey (manager of the San Francisco Reserve) and I decided to go early and see the Apalachicola Reserve in the Florida panhandle. Reserve Manager Jenna Harper generously allowed us to stay in their dormitory, a double wide trailer within walking distance of downtown Apalachicola. Jenna downplayed the accommodations repeatedly, but for us it was paradise.
We were serenaded in the morning with live music and as it turned out, approximately 300 yards away, the local Farmer's Market was underway. Fresh coffee, pastries and fresh local fruit greeted us to Florida. Adjacent to the housing unit was a trail of sea shells and a boardwalk that meandered through the coastal forest and terminated with a great view of the marshes of the Apalachicola River. Lots of wildlife to be seen, from the secretive but gaudy cardinals to the Barred Owl, hunting rodents in the forest.
After a short tour of the downtown, we went to the Reserve offices and visitor center on the other side of the highway and a couple of miles south of town.
The Reserves boundaries includes lands managed by a variety of both State and Federal wildlife and coastal management agencies, giving the Reserve a total acreage of 234,715 acres. They have a beautiful visitor center and office complex, all elevated to allow hurricane associated flood waters to flow beneath its floors. There was an exhibit of cut paper art. Innumerable colored pieces of paper were cut and stacked in incredibly intricate designs, depicting the structure of diatoms as seen through a microscope. Several aquariums presented views of creatures from the nearby estuary, including a very active horseshoe crab.
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After getting a tour of the facility from Pauly, wife of the former manager Lee Edmiston, we headed up river in search of the rare Torreya tree. This redwood like tree is only found in a very limited range in the Florida panhandle. The only Torreya trees I saw were in the parking lot, but the forest here was beautiful with magnolias, sycamores, bald cypress, live oak and pine dominating the over story. The Appalachicola River was flowing swiftly to the marshes on the Florida coast.
After a brief stop the next day at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, we headed towards our meeting in Mobile, Alabama. This State Park was gorgeous with a coastal scrub forest trail, butterflies meandering over the landscape and the hope of alligators on the water.
We arrive in Mobile, Alabama for the meeting. At the opening plenary session, a representative from the Mississippi Office of Coastal Management informs us that he has obtained a special, albeit temporary dispensation from the governor's office and we are free to use the term "climate change." Those Mississippians got a great sense of humor.
On one day we visited Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Alabama. This 6,000 acre Reserve is located on Weeks Bay extending out to the much larger Mobile Bay. Reserve Manager L.G. Adams provides an excellent tour of the facility.
There is a wonderful boardwalk going into the forest behind the visitor center. This 3/4 mile trail rises above the forest floor and contains signage identifying the many species of trees found in these woods. This boardwalk terminates with a view of Weeks Bay.
Soon, we are on a boat on that Bay, getting a waterside view of the Reserve. Like many of these gulf coast bays, Weeks Bay is relatively shallow. Brown Pelicans are plentiful, as well as Caspian Terns, Laughing Gulls and a Bottlenosed Dolphin swims alongside the boat for a while.
Our tour of Weeks Bay is not over though. We meet Fred Nation at a boardwalk built over a bog with hundreds of carnivorous pitcher plants. Fred is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the flora of these bogs. He tells us that plant surveys in the bog reveal up to 60 species of plants in a square meter. He dissects a pitcher plant, exposing the insect carcasses, prey to this deadly plant.
After the meetings wrap up Mike and I head to Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in nearby Mississippi. We are met by Ayesha Gray, manager of the Reserve. Her visitor center is fantastic, built by the former manager Dave Ruple.
We join Jessica Ryan (acting manager of the Alaska NERR), and Angela Doroff (Research Coordinator of the Alaska NERR) and Mark Woodrey (Grand Bay NERR Research Coordinator) who takes us out for a boat trip to the edge of Grand Bay. From here, we land on a remote island where we can set up scopes on a variety of birds.
On our way back to the dock, we are joined by a bottle-nosed dolphin. Since this bay is very shallow, the dolphin's dorsal fin is visible continuously. Our great adventure to the National Estuarine Research Reserves of the northern Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida is soon over and we board airplanes back to the West, full of ideas, hopes and visions of dolphins escorting us back to shore.


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G.O.P. Takes Aim At Surgeon General
Republicans in Congress have stepped up their criticisms of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders since their victories in last month's elections. Indeed, two lawmakers say they will introduce resolutions that would put the House on record as urging President Clinton to dump the controversial physician.
Both Rep. Philip M. Crane, R-Ill., and Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., had introduced similar resolutions in September, calling on Mr. Clinton to fire Dr. Elders. Mr. Crane's drew 44 co-sponsors.
Last June, Mr. Stearns wrote a letter to the President making a similar request, and it was signed by 87 other members of Congress.
Perhaps no other Clinton Administration appointee has drawn as much fire as Dr. Elders, who has been criticized for supporting condom distribution in schools, suggesting a study of drug legalization, and speaking to gay and lesbian organizations.
House G.O.P. leaders have tapped Rep. Robert Livingston, R-La., to head the Appropriations Committee--at least temporarily.
His appointment, announced last month, was seen as an example of how Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., is consolidating power. Mr. Livingston, an ally of the likely new speaker of the House, is only the fifth-ranking Republican on the committee.
He will serve as the acting chairman until charges against Rep. Joseph M. McDade, R-Pa., who was indicted in 1992, are resolved.
The Republican Conference is expected to formally elect committee chairmen this week.
A few new members of Congress have education backgrounds, according to the annual survey of House and Senate freshmen by Congressional Quarterly.
The weekly journal found one former school board member, one teacher, and one former school district superintendent.
Democrat Lynn Rivers will represent Michigan's 13th House district in the 104th Congress. The former Ann Arbor, Mich., school board member replaces Rep. William D. Ford, D-Mich., who is retiring.
Karen McCarthy, a teacher, will succeed fellow Democrat Alan Wheat, who ran unsuccessfully for the Senate, in Missouri's fifth district. She has been in the Missouri House since 1977, and has chaired that body's Ways and Means Committee since 1983.
Frank A. Cremeans, who served as a school superintendent in the early 1970's, defeated Rep. Ted Strickland, D-Ohio, to represent Ohio's sixth district as a Republican.
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On Capitol Hill, the way analysts estimate the fiscal impact of a proposal can make or break its chances of passage, and some Republicans are talking about changing the budgetary ground rules to improve the outlook for their tax-cut proposals.
Critics say that G.O.P. proposals for tax cuts, along with a pledge to balance the federal budget by 2002, would require huge reductions in social programs. (See Education Week, 11/23/94.)
But "supply side" conservatives have long argued that tax cuts actually spur economic growth and generate revenue, and that budgetary "scoring" procedures should take this into account.
And with the term of the Congressional Budget Office's director, Robert D. Reischauer, expiring in January, the new Republican leadership will have a chance to install someone who agrees with them.
The Republicans argue for "dynamic" methods of analysis rather than more traditional "static" methods of scoring the fiscal impact of bills. Under the "static" method of analysis, for example, a 5 percent tax cut would be presumed to cause a 5 percent drop in revenue, which lawmakers would have to balance with other taxes or spending cuts to meet deficit-reduction targets. A more "dynamic" analysis would factor in the estimated benefits of resulting economic growth.
Rep. John R. Kasich, R-Ohio, who is expected to be named the next chairman of the House Budget Committee, said the "static model is broke and has to be fixed."
But Alice M. Rivlin, the director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, has called this idea fiscally "dishonest" and predicts it would cause the federal deficit to explode.
--Mark Pitsch & Robert C. Johnston
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Writing credits:
Acharya Athreya adaptation
Acharya Athreya dialogue
Saratchandra Chatterjee novel "Nishkruti"
Madhusudhana Rao D. screen adaptation
Adurthi Subba Rao screen adaptation
Produced by:
Madhusudhana Rao D.
Original Music by:
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Cinematography by:
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Film Editing by:
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Art Direction by:
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Sound Department:
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Venkataratnam D. .... assistant editor
T. Krishna .... assistant editor
Music Department:
Krishnaveni Jikki .... playback singer
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao .... playback singer
Madhavapeddi Satyam .... playback singer
P. Susheela .... playback singer
A.K. Chopra
Cast :
Savitri ... Susheela
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni ... Satyam
S.V. Ranga Rao ... Kutumaba Rao
Kannamba ... Kamala
Relangi Venkatramaiah ... Ramanayya
Suryakantham ... Anasuya
Kongara Jaggaiah ... Vaikuntam
Chadalavada ... Tirupatayya
Rajasulochana ... Navaneetham
Allu Ramalingaiah ... Ayomayam
Sharat Babu (as Master Sharat Babu)
Thodi Kodallu' is a movie based on the short story called 'Nishkruthi' by the famous Bengali writer Sharat Chandra Chatterjee. Many movies like Devadasu (Devadas), Ardhaangi (Swayam Siddha), Batasaari (Bada Deedi), Parineeta (Parineeta), etc., were made based on Sharat's novels and stories. His brilliant style of story telling in the Indian context has inspired many directors and screen writers to adopt his stories without much hesitation as it proved to be a success formula over and over again.
The Making: Among the myriads to fall for Sharat's such magic was Annapurna Pictures too. After their first movie 'Donga Ramudu', which was a big hit, they started preparing for the next. Under the very able leadership of Dukkipati Madhusudana Rao, Annapurna Pictures approached KV Reddy who directed the first one, to take up the next venture in order to achieve the same success. But KV Reddy was unable to do the film because of his earlier commitments with Vauhini Productions and hence suggested the name of Aadurthi Subba Rao, who, after the directorial debut of 'Amara Sandesam', was more than glad to accept the offer. KV Reddy, however, promised to help them and support them in the making of the film.
The Cast: Working on the cast, the producer and the director decided on Akkineni Nageswara Rao, who was also a partner in Annapurna Pictures, Savitri, SV Ranga Rao, Kannamba, Suryakantham, Relangi and Jaggaiah to play the main roles. Since ANR, SVR, Kannamba and Savitri already had a very good fan base in Tamil Nadu also, it was decided that the movie would be made as a bilingual, in both Telugu and Tamil. And it was named 'Thodi Kodallu' and 'Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi' respectively. 'Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi' means 'Maa Inti Mahalakshmi' in Telugu which has no relevance with first picture produced in Hyderabad with the same Telugu name.
The Plot: The movie revolves around a joint family. SV Rangarao as a forgetful advocate, with Kannamba as his wife, played the role of the eldest member of the family – Kutumba Rao. ANR plays Satyam, Kutumba Rao's cousin, living with him. The youngest of the daughters-in-law – Satyam's wife, Suseela, portrayed by Savitri, imposes strict rules on the family and takes care of the well being of everybody in it. When the rustic family of the younger brother (Relangi as Ramanayya), comes for Dasara, the family finds it difficult to adapt to the disciplinarian nature of Suseela. Adding to this discomfort, Ramanayya's wife, Anasuya (Suryakantham) grows jealous of Suseela and Anasuya's distant relative – Vaikuntam (Jaggaiah) starts spreading his evil influence over the family. In order to protect the prestige of the family, Satyam fights for the farmers and workers being exploited by Vaikuntam. The occurrence of such unforeseen events leads to the separation of Satyam's family from the rest. When Kutumba Rao finds out about the evildoings of Vaikuntam and reprimands him, the family reunites to live under the same roof.
Dialogues: The dialogues for the Telugu version were written by Acharya Atreya. For the Tamil version, it was Sridhar. The expressive style of Acharya Atreya is very clearly seen throughout the movie, be it in the dialogues like 'desoddhaarakudavu kadu' or the usage of umpteen number of Telugu proverbs (samethalu) and idioms (jaatheeyaalu). The emotional, the comical and the dramatic dosages of dialogues are perfectly balanced by the ace writer. The screenplay by Dukkipati Madhusudan Rao, Aadurthi Subba Rao and Acharya Atreya very aptly complements the dialogues. At no point of the movie do we feel that the original is a Bengali story. It has been a matter of surprise to many Telugu writers and authors about how such a short story was made into a full-fledged successful movie. That shows the adeptness of the writing team.
Acharya Atreya: Born Kilambi Venkata Narsimhacharyulu on 7th May 1921 in Mangalampadu of Sullurpet Mandal in Nellore District, Acharya Atreya was known to his fans as a screen writer, a stage writer and a lyricist. But very few people know that he was also a great poet. His first poem was -
Thappulu chaala galavu ne
cheppithinani kopapaduta chelladu neeve
chappuna sarididdukonumu
pappulu namalutalu kaavu padya rachanamul
Describing this first poem, he wrote -
Adiye naa tholi padyamu
adiye naa jeevithaana kamrutha ghatika, naa
kadiye yoka puttuka, naalo
nodigina pratibhalaku naandiyo yana velasen
For Acharya Athreya, the moment of writing his first poem was like the best time (amrutha ghatika) in his life. Acharya Atreya was once jailed for participating in the Quit India Movement. Though he passed away on 13th September 1989, he will live forever in the hearts of the people as 'Manasu Kavi'.
Lyrics and Music: Acharya Atreya, being the versatile genius he was, also wrote the lyrics for the movie along with Sri Sri, Kosaraju and Tapi Dharma Rao. Lyrics in Tamil were written by Udumalai Narayanan and KS Gopalakrishnan. The tuneful score in this movie by music director master Venu coupled with the sensational vocals of Ghantasala, Suseela, Jikki and Madhavapeddi Satyam formed the perfect blend for a melodious musical hit. Suseela lent her voice to Savitri for the first time in this film and subsequently the duo complemented each other in most of the movies.
The songs in this movie are 'Gaalipatam gaalipatam..', 'Kaarulo shikarukelle..', 'Enthentha dooram..', 'Bhale mavayya.. ne raanu povayya..', 'Jo jo jo..', 'Aaduthu paduthu..', 'Naluguru kalisi..', 'Townu pakkakellodduro..', 'Ramanayya maava.. navaneetamma' and 'Sreerasthu..'. Sri Sri wrote 'Naluguru kalisi..' song. The communistic principles like cooperative farming, equal sharing of the harvest, etc., are very conspicuous in this number. Though Acharya Atreya penned it, 'Kaarulo shikaarukelle' song has been a topic of debate due to its content, which displayed the communistic precept. The debate revolved around who the lyricist was – Sri Sri or Acharya Atreya.
Technicians: Aadurthi Subba Rao was earlier a successful editor for many a film. As such he handled the editing of this film himself. Many of the technicians who worked for this film later went on to become successful directors. T. Krishna, who assisted Aadurthi Subba Rao in the editing of this movie, became a successful director later. Some of his directorial ventures include 'Khaidi Babai' – a remake of the Rajesh Khanna starrer 'Dushman'. K. Viswanath, who later became a perfectionist director, worked as a sound recordist for this film. He directed films like 'Sankarabharanam', 'Swarna Kamalam', 'Saagara Sangamam', 'Swarabhishekam', etc. He was also awarded Padma Bhushan by the President of India. V. Madhusudana Rao worked as asst. director for the movie. He came to be known as 'Victory Madhusudana Rao' with his victorious directorial films like 'Aaradhana', 'Aatma Balam', 'Anthasthulu', 'Adrushtavanthulu', 'Veerabhimanya', etc. Editor A. Venkataratnam later went on to become a successful producer. The cinematography was by PS Selvaraj. He is said to be the man who best molded ANR's image. No wonder he worked for most of the Annapurna Productions' ventures including the prestigious 'Iddaru Mithrulu' in which ANR played dual roles as Ajay and Vijay. He also headed the cinematography department for Adurthi's own productions like 'Manchi Manasulu', 'Mooga Manasulu' under the banner of Babu Movies.
Movie Trivia: Jimmy (Rude, the dog) has a very important role in this movie. The original story has only a cow. But when the story was adopted for screen, Mr. Janakiram Chowdary's trained dog, Rude from Madanapalle bagged the role. And it does full justice to its role without question, turning out to be a major attraction for the audience.
Much of the outdoor shooting for the film was done at Janapasatram village.
Chakrapani of Vijaya Productions Ltd., who incidentally happened to be one of the well known translators of Sharat's works into Telugu, was wondering how such a short story could be turned into a full length feature film. He never realized there was so much scope in that story before. To satiate his curiosity he used to frequent the sets of 'Thodi Kodallu'. When the film was about to be completed, Chakrapani was sure of its success. Therefore, he recommended acquiring the distribution rights to Nagi Reddi, his co-producer in Vijaya Productions. But this did not materialize as planned and the idea to obtain the rights was dropped at the last minute. However, as Chakrapani predicted 'Engal Veettu Mahalakshmi', the Tamil version became a super hit.
Though the book 'Swarnayugamlo Annapurna' about Annapurna Pictures declares the date of release of the movie to be 7th January 1957 in Telugu and 14th January 1957 in Tamil, the censor board certificate for the Telugu version specifies the date of censor certification as 16th March 1957. Evidently, the date of release cannot be 7th of January 1957.
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Sametime Quick Tip: Off the Record Mode
Last week, our Quick Tip focussed on having Sametime automatically save your chat transcripts on your local machine. But there are times when you may want to ensure that a conversation is kept private. For that, Sametime has an "Off the Record Mode" that disables the transcript recording for both you and your chat partner. (Of course, any server based logging your organization may do will still occur.) Note that this mode needs to be invoked for each chat and lasts as long as the current chat window is open. Close the chat and the next session will revert to normal behavior.
To enable Off-the-Record Mode, open any chat window and, from the Tools menu, select "Prevent Transcript Save." Both you and your chat partner will see a message indicating that transcript saving has been disabled. Also note the new icon at the bottom of the chat window.
I am assuming that this feature requires the use of the Sametime client.. How would this work if one party in the chat was using Sametime and the other was using an alternative client (e.g. Pidgin) or was connected through a gateway?
Are you aware of Lotus business partners that can be contracted to build a custom sametime client plugin?
We just deployed 8.0.2 firmwide, and I'd like to follow that up by creating and deploying a simple but useful plugin. It would basically just query an SQL data source and let people look up project codes and anmes.
JFranchetti - I think we can make some introductions. Please drop me a note at email@example.com.
Brian - Great question. For other clients, it would depend on whether they've implemented the function on their end. I'm checking on how it works with other Sametime users connected through the Gateway.
Feature Request:
* Our users love using email groups within Sametime. For example, we have a "London Office All" email group that everyone in that offices uses to see who is available.
The problem: that email group also has about 10 people in it that dont physically work in the London office. These people want to get the broadcast emails that go to "London Office All" (for a variety of reasons). So they end up polluting the Sametime group.
Option #1: We tried creating two email groups, with one called "London Office All - IM Group", though that didn't stick well, and then we have to manage two groups.
Option #2: Would be nice to be able to flag people in an email group to "not show in sametime". Or something easier - have "to" and "cc" fields in email groups, and people listed in the cc fields would still get the emails, but not show in IM prescence lists.
Seems like a small thing, though protecting prescence is key in an effective enterprise IM deployment.
Little comment on this. It seems that the server may NOT record the chats depending on the implementation of the chat logging.
I have a problem with saving chat history. I don't have a "Chat History" in Preferences. I also click on the "Prevent Transcript Save" but nothing did change. Could you help me, please?
It sounds like those feature may have been disabled by your administrators. I would suggest reaching out to them for support.


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|Istanbul's Blue Mosque
We saw a long line wrapping around, walked into courtyard. On our stroll through the courtyard, we were met by a guy offering express service to the front line if we'd go to his carpet shop after visiting the mosque. Okay, sounds legit, right? He walked us right up to front where the cordons started and gestured for us to get into the line there (the line to get in wrapped around three sides of the mosque). I overheard folks behind us saying "They must be special." Interestingly, the abaya with hood that Kacey wears in Saudi Arabia wasn't up the mosque's standards for a head scarf, which was kind of ridiculous considering the degree to which the Saudi Religious Police will go to ensure conformity. Inside the Blue Mosque, the most overwhelming thing is how many lights there are hanging from ceiling, which pretty much blocks the view of everything else. Not really impressed, honestly.
It was a short walked to carpet store from the Blue Mosque. Our older daughter helped us pick through the roughly two dozen that were laid out for us in the showroom, of which we bought two. During our viewing, we were served Turkish delights and apple tea. When our younger daughter broke a glass, the store owners said it was good luck! The carpet store our delivered our carpets directly to our hotel (Sokullu Pasa) in a bag small enough for carry-on so that we didn't have to lug it around for the rest of the day. I highly recommend this store and the experience if you are in the area.
|RRR samples some Turkish Delights and apple tea
Hagia Sofia
After leaving the carpet store, we got lunch at the nearby Sultan Pub before going into Hagia Sofia. Now this place is impressive.
|RRR approaches the Hagia Sofia
|Looking up at domed ceiling of the Hagia Sofia
Basilica Cistern
After the Hagia Sofia, we skipped across the street to the Basilica Cistern. I was thinking that it was just going to be a large well, but no. It's basically an underground lake with columns and arches rising out of it. I was surprised by how many fish there were in it, but I guess it keeps down the algae.
|Fact: Fish don't appreciate architecture
After we went into the cavernous underground cistern, we resurfaced and went into the cavernous Grand Bazaar. Since this was also somewhat of a birthday trip, our older daughter got to try on several dress-up outfits (with shoes!) before settling on the one she wanted.
|When can we get back to shopping?
|RRR enjoys a cup of Turkish coffee
We walked back to the hotel from the Bazaar, and our younger daughter had toured so hard today that she stayed asleep in the Ergobaby carrier even after I took it off. We had dinner nearby on the terrace of Fatima Sultan just at sunset, and watched clouds change from white to pink to purple to dark blue.
As for food, I had the mixed grille, Kacey had the mixed fish platter...both were very good. The place doesn't get great reviews for the food, but come on...you're paying for the view. As always, I recommend ordering what the locals typically eat and know how to cook, and not ordering what is served to appeal to tourists (because it will rarely be as good as back home).
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Monday, July 16, 2012
It's Good to Have a Goal
Hope you're getting some sewing in too!
15 comments:
- Janice said...
Look at all those beautiful tops! I need to get working on some of mine, too. I keep jumping to the next project! That red and white quilt is stunning and the polka dot is so fun!
- July 16, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- Lisa C said...
Your quilt tops totally make me grin. I am new to quilting and I have an accountant's brain so the thought of a "stash" was completely foreign to me and one I had to get used to. Saturday I went to an 8 hour quilting retreat at a local store. One lady worked on 3 projects, didn't finish any of them, and I just marveled that someone was able to do that! Thankfully there was someone else there like me -- we pulled out a project and finished it before starting on something else. It takes all kinds, doesn't it? Hope you finish your tops soon. What is table basting? I need to google that term!
- July 16, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Flaun of I Plead Quilty! said...
Do you usually fold your flimsies and place them over a hanger? I love the idea!
- July 16, 2012 at 1:33 PM
- Pétra said...
What a great combo with the Olivia dot. What will your binding be?
- July 16, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Your quilt tops are so inspiring.
- July 16, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Stacy said...
Beautiful Work.
- July 16, 2012 at 4:11 PM
- folksmith said...
Love the Oliva dots! can't wait to see the quilt when it's finished. Love your quilts!
- July 16, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- Anne said...
Looking forward to seeing all these finished. It's good to know I'm not the only one with several projects waiting for the finishing touch. haha Embarrassed to admit how many.
- July 16, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Doreen said...
Wow! What a quilt 'show'.....!!!!!
- July 16, 2012 at 8:45 PM
- Jenny said...
I can't wait to see these finished. I can tell they will be wonderful! Table basting is fabulous.
- July 16, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- cakath said...
I too love the Olivia dots. Great choice in my book. Inspiring to see your work in progress tops. I can't get over how talented you are!
- July 16, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- krislovesfabric said...
What beauties! Can't wait to see how you decide to quilt them :)
- July 17, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- cinzia said...
and i thought i had alot of quilt tops! I feel better now. Every one looks amazing and i think the olivia dots are a great choice.
- July 17, 2012 at 12:21 PM
- Meg said...
Oh Jacquie, I'm jealous as all get out that you're getting to do some sewing for yourself! It's eleventy-billion degrees here (that's the scientific terminology, yes it is), and without central air, the mere thought of being in the same room as the iron makes me cry like a cranky toddler. Maybe once this heatwave breaks?! In the meantime, I'll watch your finishes and cheer you on...from the pool!
- July 17, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- MariQuilts said...
They all look so wonderful, hung up like that....sigh.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
The Search
She had never hinted at any interest in the subject and it startled me. A hundred questions raced around my head. How did she find it? How does she know how to use Google Earth? (I didn't!) What was she supposed to be doing in class instead?
She said, it was free time in class and she just entered "orphanage" and "Ukraine" into the search box for Google Earth and up popped an orphanage. It looked like they were really poor, she said. Okay then.
I explained to her what she had probably done was locate AN orphanage, not likely HER orphanage. There are hundreds of orphanages in Ukraine and what she found might be similar to hers but that was probably not the exact building she spent her first year and a half of life in.
Though the interest was new, it was something I had expected would happen of course. However, just because one thinks one is prepared does not mean one is not susceptible to tumbling down the rabbit hole where wonky emotions like to hide.
I let her know I would look through her old papers and see if I could get enough information to find some pictures online. When I got the papers out, I saw that we have much more than that.
Originally, when we were in the process of the "paperwork journey" for adoption, I received several heavy packets of documents. Some in Ukrainian, some translated to English. Some started in English and were then translated the other way. When I read all of it back then ( many times over) I saw that the first and middle names of Genea's birth mother were listed. I somehow missed that her surname was written down as well.
Whoa again.
Without thinking about it, I immediately entered the name into Facebook. There are 5 or 6 women with the same name and none of them matched up. One entry however, had only a name. No picture or other identifiers. When I clicked in that entry, it was almost blank. Just one tiny line popped out at me- the date. The person who put up the profile had done so less than 2 weeks prior to my finding it.
To be continued.
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Holy smokes. Must know more.ReplyDelete
How old is Geena anyway? I don't think my kid can do google earth....but perhaps I am an old deluded person. Yes. That's probably it.
Oh, my land. I've done the same thing...on both counts.ReplyDelete
Do just a general search of the internet for her name. When I did, I found several more options, including a Russian/Ukrainian social media sight that is similar to Facebook. There were several more matches for the name and some had profile pictures. There were several that were clearly not matches, but there was one that significantly grabbed my attention. Right area, VERY similar facial features to my kids (including things like the shape of the eyebrows and chin), but several years older than what we were told she would have been.
You know it, baby! I snagged those pictures and copied them in about 5 different places!! I didn't dare reach out to her at the time, but I did save the link to that profile just in case I get brave enough in the future.
No.. you can't do a ..to be continuned... uhh..ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2013 at 5:08 PM
Oh, wow! How exciting. I have to say that for me one joy of older kids was being able to talk to them about their past lives...compare/contrast/question, etc. Plus, of course I actually was IN their orphanages, and it gives one a ton of insights.ReplyDelete
I do have to laugh a bit - there is SOMETHING about the architecture of orphanages throughout Russia and Ukraine that I now completely recognize. They don't all look the SAME, but they tend to look ALIKE... Well, like schools in the US look alike, I suppose. The one she found probably looks a lot like "hers".
We know many of our Russian relatives and it's been good! They are not financially together enough to be on FB, though....or have computers.
I'm so tempted to search for the relatives I don't know. If I just had the money I would....
Casa makes me laugh; it was 5 year old grandson who introduced me to google earth - and he how to find where his dad had been in Iraq!
Google Earth really surreal; hardly believable.....
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Holy cliffhanger Batman! Just when things were beginning to warm up you give us a 'To be Continued.' Update soon please. Also, I love your posts!ReplyDelete
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It was beautiful! Al those colours and shapes, I've never seen something before. It was first omething like a square, then it began to change in to a perfect bowl. Nothing stepped out of tose 'ships', but I'm sure it was something extra terrastial. It's just unbelievable, I can't describe it. Also the aura around it, amazing. It kept on changing colours, unbelievable, the beauty of it.


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I took a question today about how to execute a bunch of code on remote clients. The users code worked for them on their local client, but they needed it to execute remotely. This is a job for Invoke-Command!!!
Invoke command will let you take your existing code and run it on multiple clients. Here is a basic example.
invoke-command -ScriptBlock {
#<< Your code here >>
} -ComputerName #<<Name of remote computer>>
Now for the part about executing this code against multiple clients.
$Servers = "SVR1", "SVR2", "SVR3"
ForEach ($Server in $Servers)
invoke-command -ScriptBlock {
#<< Your code here >>
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NoJimForHome wrote:Glenn, by "MO" do you mean Missouri, or Macao?
Like Leon suggested, plenty of used robots in decent shape on eBay. I just picked up a used Roomba 563 for $55 + shipping. All it needed was a good cleaning and a new battery from Amazon. Since I already have a 655 I didn't worry about the 563 not coming with a charger. I wound up putting in a new brush assembly too, but it didn't really *need* that.
Just spend a little time on eBay; plenty of robots under your $220 price point, especially if you're not worried about them being in like-new condition. If you're even the least bit skilled with a screwdriver you can remove & replace a lot of parts on these things. (You can totally disassemble these 5xx/6xx with a #0, #1, and #2 Phillips head screwdrivers.)
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