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Ghatotkacha – rescuer of Pandavas (Mahabharata)
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Ghatotkacha – rescuer of Pandavas
A very important character in Mahabharata, because his death has ensured that a threat to Arjuna's life was removed. A brave warrior, who fought bravely to bring Karna to use his special weapon on Ghatotkacha.
Pandava's sons, Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha have virtually ensured that their fathers won the battle of Mahabharata. Both of these warriors have lost their lives in the battle.
Father and mother of Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha was the son of Bhima and Hidimbi (Hidimbaa, classically). His maternal parentage made him half-Rakshasa, and gave him many magical powers that made him an important fighter in the Kurukshetra war, the climax of the epic. He got his name from his head, which was shaped like a pot. In Sanskrit, Ghatam means pot and "Utkach" means head.
Ghatotkacha, when he was young, lived with his mother Hidimbaa, when one day he had a fight with Abhimanyu, his cousin, without knowing that Abhimanyu was Arjuna's son. Later on both, alongwith Arjuna's other son Iravan went to the marriage of Sundari and Abhimanyu married her.
Ghatotkacha – son of Bhima and Hidimba
Ghatotkacha is considered to be a loyal and humble figure. He made himself and his followers available to his father Bhima at any time; all Bhima had to do was to think of him and he would appear. Like his father, Ghatotkacha primarily fought with the mace.
His wife was Ahilawati and his son was Barbarika.
In Mahabharata war
In the Mahabharata, Ghatotkacha was summoned by Bhima to fight on the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra battle. Invoking his magical powers, he wrought great havoc in the Kaurava army. In particular after the death of Jayadratha, when the battle continued on past sunset, his powers were at their most effective (at night).
Duryodhana's request to Karna
At this point in the battle, the Kaurava leader Duryodhana appealed to his best fighter, Karna, to kill Ghatotkacha as the whole Kaurava army was coming close to annihilation due to his ceaseless strikes from the air. Karna possessed a divine weapon, or shakti, granted by the god Indra. It could be used only once, and Karna had been saving it to use on his arch-enemy, the best Pandava fighter, Arjuna.
Ghatotkacha's death
Death of Ghatotkacha
Loyal Karna, unable to refuse the request of Duryodhana whose cause he had pledged himself to serve, hurled the missile at Ghatotkacha, killing him. This is considered to be the turning point of the war. After his death, the Pandava counselor Krishna smiled, as he considered the war to have been won for the Pandavas now that Karna no longer had a divine weapon to use in fighting Arjuna.
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Everyone remembers Selena, Demi, Miley, the Jonas Brothers and the rest of the musical Disney Channel stars who have monopolized the airwaves, but let's look past the Disney machine to its not-quite-as-successful counterpart, Nickelodeon. A studio with just as many pop star offerings that deserve a spotlight. There are plenty of now forgotten hits by Nickelodeon stars and its time we remember that Nick was just as immovable in their demands that their young talent cover as many media genres as possible.
Nickelodeon pop stars may not have collectively reached the same level of success as the Mouse House (excepting Ariana Grande who has obviously made a name for herself post-Nick), but they had some catchy tunes among them. Songs from Nickelodeon stars like Keke Palmer, Drake Bell, Emma Roberts, and Miranda Cosgrove remind us of what a weird place the 2000s were for young adult entertainment. Marvel at these cringe-inducing offerings from your favorite Nickelodeon pop stars.
"Freak The Freak Out" By Victoria Justice
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If there's any, forgive the pun, justice in the world, Victoria Justice will be remembered for the petty outburst that fell from her mouth on-camera when Ariana Grande was getting more attention than her and not for her music. We did get a truly great meme out of the former. But Justice gave a singing career a go, as most Nickelodeon starlets were want to do, and did not succeed.
Her offering to the world was the cringe-inducingly titled "Freak the Freak Out." The video features fellow Victorious cast members and sounds like a song written for one of Degrassi's in-universe bands.
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Ariana Grande has had, by far, the most successful post-Nickelodeon singing career in memory. But some of her earlier hits are a little bit slept on. Her 2013 album, Yours Truly, had some great '90s-tinged, mini-Mariah Carey sounding bops that deserve to be as well-remembered today as "Problem" or "Side to Side." Take, for example, "The Way." This tune also features her future boyfriend Mac Miller providing us with a rap verse that references the movie Bruce Almighty.
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package com.workplacesystems.utilsj.collections.decorators;

import com.workplacesystems.utilsj.Callback;
import com.workplacesystems.utilsj.collections.Filter;
import com.workplacesystems.utilsj.collections.FilterableCollection;
import com.workplacesystems.utilsj.collections.SyncUtils;

/**
 *
 * @author  Administrator
 */
public class SynchronizedFilterableCollection<E> extends SynchronizedCollection<E> implements FilterableCollection<E> {
    /**
     * Factory method to create a synchronized map.
     *
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map is null
     */
    public static <E> FilterableCollection<E> decorate(FilterableCollection<E> collection) {
        return new SynchronizedFilterableCollection<E>(collection);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     *
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map is null
     */
    protected SynchronizedFilterableCollection(FilterableCollection<E> collection) {
        super(collection);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     *
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @param lock  the lock object to use, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map is null
     */
    protected SynchronizedFilterableCollection(FilterableCollection<E> collection, Object lock) {
        super(collection, lock);
    }

    protected FilterableCollection<E> getFilterableCollection()
    {
        return (FilterableCollection<E>) collection;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    public FilterableCollection<E> filteredCollection(final Filter<? super E> filter) {
        return SyncUtils.synchronizeRead(lock, new Callback<FilterableCollection<E>>() {
            @Override
            protected void doAction() {
                FilterableCollection<E> _col = getFilterableCollection().filteredCollection(filter);
                _return(new SynchronizedFilterableCollection<E>(_col, lock));
            }
        });
    }

}

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Why the Rush: All the Celebrity Couples Who Couldn't Wait to Get Married in 2018
by Natalie Finn | Fri., Dec. 21, 2018 3:00 AM
Celeb Engagements in 2018: Justin Bieber & More
For all the things that 2018 was, it was not the year of the long engagement.
No, this year celebrities seemingly took it upon themselves to single-handedly pick up the slack for the regular people who studies show are waiting longer to get married, proving that you don't need to get to know each other for years—or even a year—before taking the plunge.
What can we attribute this new trend to?
Let's see, there's baby fever, one-upping your friends, not wanting to be the last of your squad to get married, tax breaks, encroaching existential dread, wanting to lock in a partner so you don't have to face the apocalypse alone...
Or were there just that many cases of two people falling head over heels in love and not wanting to wait another minute to spend forever together?
Celebrities' Nontraditional Wedding Dresses
Let's just say, love was in the air, and kudos to every person who captured a bit of it to call their own.
Of course, in that race to the altar, not every couple made it to the finish line. Some things that seemed like a great idea one day don't always hold up after a few months. Still, cheers to those temporarily blinded by infatuation all the same.
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Emily Ratajkowski & Sebastian Bear-McClard
One minute Ratajkowski was dating Jeff Magid for years, and the next she was married to someone else altogether.
The actress-model wed the producer at New York City Hall on Feb. 23, reportedly after only a few weeks of dating. "Sooo I have a surprise. I got married today," Emily shared on Instagram.
"When you don't have a real wedding, it's for you," Ratajkowski told Harper's Bazaar about her secret-for-about-four-hours big day. "I wore what I wanted to wear. It really felt like the outfit that was most me, and that made me feel good."
But sure enough, the skeptics came calling.
"People came after my marriage, like, 'Wow. I give it three weeks.' I'm like, 'What?'" Ratajkowski told Marie Claire. "No one can take women seriously on any choices that they make, especially if they're unique to them and they don't play into the way we think women should get married. It's a constant writing-off."
And it's not as if she just bumped into Bear-McClard somewhere and decided he looked like the one. They were friends first—and she sensed a connection long before they became a couple.
"We knew each other for a long time before and he likes to joke, 'yeah, everyone thinks we got married quickly, but you vetted me for two years,'" Ratajkowski told Busy Philipps on Busy Tonight in November. Asked when Sebastian became future husband material, Emily replied, "Who all of a sudden changes the way they look at someone? No. I was always, like, 'I probably shouldn't hang out with that guy alone.'"
Amy Schumer & Chris Fischer
Surprise! Schumer didn't just get engaged only days after people found out she was dating again—she got married, too!
After going Instagram official with kissy photos taken at Ellen DeGeneres' 60th birthday party, the comedian turned up hitched on Feb. 13. The groom: a chef who presided over one of the hottest restaurants on Martha's Vineyard, where he cooked for the Obamas and other hungry famous people. Also closing the gap from A to B, Fischer is the brother of Schumer's longtime assistant. They appear to have started dating in November 2017.
"Part of the thing that's good about us getting married so quickly is that we're so in love," Schumer said on a visit to SiriusXM's You Up with Nikki Glaser. "Every girl I know, if they get proposed to they're like, 'Oh, now? Now that I can't have kids!'"
Their first child together is due in 2019.
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Michelle Williams & Phil Elverum
Add Williams to the list of 2018 brides who did not see where their year was headed when the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1. Earlier this year the Oscar-nominated actress was dating a finance guy, and then Vanity Fair's September cover story on her revealed that Williams would be married by the time the article was published in July.
But not to the finance guy. To Elverum, the indie musician who performs as The Microphone and Mount Eerie. Because, surprise. They swapped vows in the Adirondacks in what was obviously a very private ceremony.
"I don't really want to talk about any of it," Williams told VF. "But there's that tease, that lure, that's like, What if this helps somebody? What if somebody who has always journeyed in this way, who has struggled as much as I struggled, and looked as much as I looked, finds something that helps them?"
Like Williams, who's been raising daughter Matilda, now 13, on her own since the death of her ex-partner Heath Ledger in 2008, Elverum is a single parent—and he too knows from tragedy. He lost his wife of 13 years to cancer in 2016 when their daughter, Agathe, was 18 months old.
So really, it's kind of a miracle that these two found each other.
"I never gave up on love," Williams said. She added, "Obviously I've never once in my life talked about a relationship, but Phil isn't anyone else. And that's worth something. Ultimately the way he loves me is the way I want to live my life on the whole. I work to be free inside of the moment. I parent to let Matilda feel free to be herself, and I am finally loved by someone who makes me feel free."
Hailey Baldwin & Justin Bieber
We defy anyone who says they expected these two to actually get married—anytime soon, at least—after Bieber popped the question while they were vacationing in the Bahamas in July, just weeks after their on-again, off-again relationship looked to be back on in the form of an actual boyfriend-girlfriend arrangement. (Not to mention this was just months after Bieber and Selena Gomez appeared to be giving love a shot again.)
"Justin made arrangements for the ring when they were in NYC and knew that he wanted to propose to her," a source explained. "It was a sudden decision but Justin always knew Hailey and him had a special bond that was incomparable."
OK, fine, so they were engaged. But whoa, baby, the young couple could-not-would-not wait. They were endlessly cagey about it, but the pair swapped vows in a no-frills ceremony at the marriage bureau in a New York courthouse on Sept. 13. There may be frills in their future, so that all the Baldwins and Biebers can partake in the celebration, but so far Hailey has filed to trademark her married name and changed her appellation to Hailey Bieber on Instagram.
"My wife is awesome," the Biebs informed his Instagram followers in October.
Denise Richards & Aaron Phypers
They started dating in 2017 and supposedly got engaged in January, but were in no rush to start wedding planning... until they were.
Planner to the stars Mindy Weiss whipped their big day into shape in 48 hours, in time for a special Sept. 8 ceremony on the beach in Malibu. The bride wore a lacy white romper, perfect for leaving the party on the back of her husband's motorcycle.
"I love her," Phypers told reporters at the premiere of his wife's movie The Toybox. "She's amazing. A dream come true."
And actually, "September 8th meant a lot to my husband," Richards told ExtraTV. "Means infinity, the number 8, and we just said, 'you know what, let's just do it.' We threw it together and it was fun that we didn't have to make certain decisions and make it about that instead of the hoopla of a wedding."
She added to ET, "Yeah, we didn't tell a lot of people. We kept it really private and we had talked about it for quite some time."
Among the people they shared their plan with: Bravo. Denise and Aaron's nuptials will be a part of the next season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Karlie Kloss & Josh Kushner
It only took three months for these two krazy kids to tie the knot. Well, six years and three months.
But once the entrepreneur had asked the supermodel to marry him over the summer, the super-private couple wasted no time in planning a top-secret ceremony, attended by their nearest and dearest, in upstate New York in October, on a Thursday (though there may be a bigger soiree in the spring). Even the honeymoon was compact, as befitting their busy schedules—a 48-hour "mini-moon" to an undisclosed piece of paradise.
"They took our phones. It was like that," wedding guest Ashley Graham divulged to People. "And I actually kind of love that idea. I think if I were to get married again I would totally do the take the phone and confiscate it thing."
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Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson
These two were not meant to be, but for a heady four months, they certainly thought they were. Davidson started ring shopping in May, barely two weeks after he and Grande first went public as not even a couple, but as two people who were having a great time together and dating casually. By the beginning of June, they were engaged.
"I just think some people are meant to be together and some people aren't," Davidson explained to Howard Stern in September. "Even if they're good people or not, some people just aren't good in relationships together, and I just think we're supposed to be together."
Grande told Paper magazine, "All I know is that I'm happy with Pete, that's all I really care about."
By mid-October, however, the ring was back in Davidson's possession. Grande "will always have a special place in her heart for him, but told him that right now is not the best time," a source said.
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Priyanka Chopra & Nick Jonas
Did you hear, Nick and Priyanka got married! In a still unfinished onslaught of celebration, the "Jealous" singer and the Quantico star wed in India on Dec. 1...and on Dec. 2...and then had their first reception...and there's reportedly a Los Angeles blowout to come.
"People will need vacations after this wedding," Chopra joked to Vogue.
The planning took twice as long—four months—as it took for Nick to get down on one knee after he and the former Miss World started seriously dating. Actually, that's not even the case. Though he didn't place the Tiffany ring on her finger until July, while they were in Greece, he actually bent the knee the first time he ever saw her in person, more than a year beforehand.
They first met virtually when Nick DM'd Priyanka on Sept. 8, 2016, informing her that they had mutual friends who thought they should meet. They started texting and then, when he finally spied her at the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar party almost six months later, "...I put my drink down, get on one knee—this is in front of a bunch of people—and I say, 'You're real. Where have you been all my life?' Like, loud," Jonas told Vogue.
They spent more than a year getting to know each other, but primarily long distance. In fact, they didn't see each other in person at all between the Met Gala in 2017 and the one in 2018. Happily, once they were in the same city for more than a hot second, they just knew. Nick told his mom he was going to marry Priyanka after their third date, a Dodgers game.
When she at first met his proposal with silence, Nick went ahead and said after 45 seconds, "I'm going to put this ring on your finger now unless you have any objections."
Overall, the appeal of an elopement or otherwise very private, small wedding is pretty obvious if you're famous—no one knows about it till after the I-dos. But the theme that seems to apply to most of these couples, if not Nick and Priyanka's traditional-meets-modern-meets-intimate-meets-blowout extravaganza, is that the brides and grooms enjoyed not having to make endless decisions and then wonder if everybody else was enjoying themselves.
But big or small, in the afternoon or over the course of a week, a wedding that happens in the heat of the moment can't help but leave plenty of warm feelings in its wake.
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Taiwan take lead in Davis Cup
PHILIPPINES STRUGGLE: Doubles duo Lee Hsin-han and Peng Hsien-yin have a shot at sealing the tie today, with the winners to play in the final against Pakistan
By Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Taiwan were on the verge of making the final in Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group II yesterday after they cruised to a 2-0 lead against the Philippines on the Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts.
Hung Jui-chen eased to a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Jeson Patrombon in the first singles rubber on the hard courts in Kaohsiung, before world No. 61 Lu Yen-hsun gave the hosts a 2-0 lead with a comfortable victory over Patrick-John Tierro by exactly the same score.
Taiwan have the chance to clinch the match at 10am today, when Lee Hsin-han and Peng Hsien-yin take on Philippine duo Ruben Gonzales and Treat Huey in the doubles rubber.
Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun returns to Patrick-John Tierro of the Philippines during their singles match at the Kaohsiung Yangming Tennis Courts yesterday.
Photo: Huang Chih-yuan, Taipei Times
Even if Lee and Peng fail, Hung and Lu will have a chance to wrap up the victory in the reverse singles at 11am tomorrow.
Although the Philippines have a 4-2 overall record against Taiwan in the Davis Cup, Taiwan won the previous two encounters in 2010 and 2011, with the Philippines' last victory coming in 1999.
The winners go on to face Pakistan in the final on Sept. 18 after they completed a 3-1 victory over Indonesia at the Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Stadium in Jakarta on Thursday.
Fans react during the Davis Cup quarter-final between Australia and Kazakhstan at the Marrara Sports Complex in Darwin, Australia, yesterday.
Taiwan are looking to bounce straight back to Asia-Oceania Group I after they were relegated when they lost 4-1 to New Zealand in a relegation playoff in October last year.
WORLD GROUP
Mikhail Kukushkin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov gave Kazakhstan a commanding 2-0 lead over hosts Australia after the opening singles matches of their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final in Darwin yesterday.
Kukushkin gave the Kazakhs the early momentum with a straight sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over teenager Thanasi Kokkinakis in just over two hours.
World No. 115 Nedovyesov then stunned the 41-ranked Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to put Kazakhstan on the brink of reaching the Davis Cup semi-finals for the first time.
It was Kyrgios' first loss in three matches on grass in Davis Cup competition.
Australia must win today's doubles encounter to keep the tie alive in tomorrow's reverse singles.
Kyrgios, who was heavily criticized by the Australian media amid claims of "tanking" during his fourth-round loss to Frenchman Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon, and also for arguing with umpires, as well as sarcasm during his press conferences, admitted the loss had left him drained.
"Physically, I felt OK. I felt like my body was good, but mentally, I almost felt a bit drained out there," Kyrgios said.
"It was hard to focus. It was hard to dig deep. It was hard to push myself because a lot has gone on," he added.
The disappointing outcome capped a forgettable day for Australian tennis after Bernard Tomic was arrested in the US overnight.
Kokkinakis, who was preferred to big-serving Sam Groth, was handed responsibility for opening the tie against Kazakhstan's top-ranked player.
"I wasn't able to find my game. And when I found it in the second set, I got broken straight back, which killed me," Kokkinakis said. "I didn't find my rhythm today."
"I'm taking it pretty hard at the moment. I'm pretty disappointed," he said.
Nadal, Osaka advance in Melbourne
DJOKOVIC'S SHADOW: Djokovic landed in Dubai after his deportation, while Serbia's president said that Australia had 'harassed' and 'humiliated' the world No. 1 player Rafael Nadal yesterday opened his Australian Open campaign in storming style, as the first Grand Slam of the year finally began after a chaotic buildup dominated by the visa saga engulfing world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. Defending women's champion Naomi Osaka breezed into the second round, as did world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, but teenager Coco Gauff was an early big name casualty. The American 17-year-old was dumped out in straight sets by China's Wang Qiang, who is ranked outside the top 100. The only Australian Open champion in the men's draw after nine-time winner Djokovic's sensational deportation, Nadal started his quest
Warriors co-owner sparks fury with Uighur remarks
The NBA has once again found itself in a China-linked controversy after serial dealmaker Chamath Palihapitiya, a part owner of the Golden State Warriors, dismissed concerns over human rights abuses facing the Uighur minority in China. "Nobody cares about what's happening to the Uighurs, OK?" the Sri Lankan-born investor said during an episode of the All-In podcast on Saturday, reacting to a comment from cohost Jason Calacanis about the administration of US President Joe Biden's "very strong" stance on the issue. "I'm telling you a very hard, ugly truth, OK? Of all the things that I care about, yes, it is below
Pittsburgh Pirates to sign Taiwanese pitcher: report
The MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates are "expected to sign" right-handed Taiwanese pitcher Chang Hung-leng for a US$500,000 signing bonus, MLB.com reported on Saturday. Twenty-year-old Chang, who graduated from Kaohsiung Municipal Sanmin Senior High School in 2020, has been a focus of local and international talent scouts because his fastballs can reach up to 151kph. After graduating high school, the 1.9m tall Chang joined a baseball training program at Asia University in Taichung, and turned out for the semi-professional Taiwan Power baseball team. If the deal closes, he would become the third active Taiwanese player in the Pirates system, joining pitcher Chen Po-yu and infielder
Yao Ming invites Enes Kanter to China
Former basketball star Yao Ming yesterday invited staunch Beijing critic Enes Kanter Freedom to visit China after the Boston Celtics player urged athletes to boycott the Winter Olympics in the capital. Kanter has emerged as one of China's most vocal critics in the sporting world, a rare athlete willing to forgo lucrative endorsements to speak on issues such as Beijing's treatment of its Uighur and Tibetan minorities. He has repeatedly spoken out on social media and been a guest on Western news shows as the Olympics nears. In recent interviews he has accused China of using "money to buy silence" and called on


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These bewitchingly idyllic islands were 'rediscovered' in the 1960s by the travel-minded people of francophone Québec.
They have now been settled by an intriguing mix of artists and water sports enthusiasts, giving a paradoxically vibrant vibe for visitors in the summer.
Iron-rich red cliffs and quaint fishing villages painted charmingly in mauves, yellows and reds give the place an ethereal charm, whilst magnificent golden sandy beaches stretch as far as the eye can see and are great for beach-combing. Waters here are surprisingly warm and people come from far afield to wind-surf, kite-board and kayak.
Distinct island cultures
Gloriously isolated, being spread over 100 kilometers in the middle of the huge Gulf of St Lawrence, the heart of the community is a set of five islands, 60 kilometers in length, linked by sand spits and a road. Each island has its own distinct culture, which is surprisingly diverse for such a relatively small archipelago. In the north there are Anglophone communities who speak very little French and there is almost an inter-island rivalry where locals will assure you that their island is much nicer than the next.
French-influenced cuisine
The islanders are extremely friendly and hospitable and are only too happy to share their little bit of paradise with visitors. They have some wonderful stories to tell and in the small bars that dot the islands they will often burst into song, quite spontaneously, with old Acadian songs illuminating their rich heritage. Food here is heavily influenced by French cuisine, and of course, seafood — fruits de la mer — features on every menu. The start of the lobster season in June is a major event in the islands when it's possible for visitors to see the fishermen return to the docks with their catch and perhaps pick up dinner from the quayside.
The archipelago is easily explored by car but many of the locals prefer to cycle. It is possible to reach the islands by air but perhaps the most charming way is to arrive at Cap aux Meules by ferry from Prince Edward Island, before continuing by boat to Québec's Gaspésie Peninsula or Québec City itself.
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'Collaboration starts at the front door': Exclusive Blueprint interview with Amanda Levete
The founder and principal of AL_A talks to Blueprint about her approach to collaboration in an exclusive video interview
Each year, Blueprint magazine speaks to two leading architects on the theme of collaboration: what does it mean to them? What role has collaboration played in the evolution of their work?
In an exclusive filmed interview, which you can watch below, we sat down with British architect Amanda Levete, founder and principal of AL_A. How does her practice approach collaboration?
'I think for us, collaboration starts at the front door and we take off our shoes,' Levete told Blueprint deputy editor Francesca Perry. 'There's something about the act of taking off your shoes — it's a great leveller, it kind of strips away a layer. When you come into our office, the first thing you see is a somewhat messy pile of shoes and I think it's a bit emblematic of who we are, the culture in the office — because it speaks of the team, of the individuals that make up our team, but it also speaks of a sense of common endeavour and that we're all in this together. We ask our consultants and we ask our clients to take off their shoes too. It wasn't a conscious thing at the time but I think the subliminal message is that you're not in for a passive ride, we're all in it together — and that, for me, goes to the very heart of architecture.'
But taking off shoes is, quite literally, just the first step. 'Collaboration is a very active form of engagement,' Levete continued. 'It's the opposite of being passive and to be engaged and to be active means that you challenge the status quo. We will challenge a brief, we will challenge a client, we will challenge engineers, we will challenge makers. That's kind of in our DNA: to push limits, to explore the limits of things.'
You can watch the full interview below. Blueprint also discussed all things collaboration with US architect Liz Diller, so stay tuned for that upcoming video interview. Full transcripts of both interviews can be found in issue 367 of Blueprint, on sale in November.
Our sincere thanks goes to AL_A, as well as to Arper, who kindly provided the venue for the interviews and supported the filming.


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Jose Canseco received $50,000 for Surreal Life appearance
October 21, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
Hanging around a few other has-beens in the Surreal Life 5 house was financially lucrative for Jose Canseco. He received $50,000 for his time, roughly $5,000 a day for the 10-day shoot. However, that money didn't help him make good on a promise to help out a charity. When the cast worked to "fix up… continue reading
Surreal Life 5 season ends but the insanity lives on via the new DVD
The fifth and perhaps most simultaneously confrontational and touching season of The Surreal Life ended yesterday, and it delivered what we've come to expect from this series. We had Omarosa calling Janice a "crack head," Janice egging Omarosa on and then flipping out when she took the bait, Bronson crying, Jose showing us yet another… continue reading
Omarosa admits that reality TV "is a profession for" her, and surprises no one
October 2, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
On The Surreal Life 5, Omarosa admitted what she's admitted many times in the past: that she's basically become what people want her to be. "This is a profession for me now. If the world believes me to be the biggest villain in the history of reality television, so be it, and I will not… continue reading
Janice and Omarosa threaten each other's weaves; Omarosa calls Janice "a high-society crackhead"
September 12, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
On Sunday, we finally saw the long-awaited confrontation between Surreal Life 5 cast members and larger-than-life reality TV personas Omarosa and Janice Dickinson. Alas, VH1 is milking this for all it's worth, spreading out the fight over two episodes, so we'll have to wait until next week to see the outcome. But part one was… continue reading
Janice Dickinson says she was fired from Top Model, explains why she's not promoting The Surreal Life
August 10, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
In an interview with Radar, Janice Dickinson clarifies her earlier remarks that she quit America's Next Top Model over a dispute about money. Previously, she told the New York Times, "I think I was asking for too much." In this new interview, she confirms that she didn't really quit, as was reported. Instead, she says,… continue reading
Janice quit Top Model over money; Surreal Life creator didn't think Janice and Omarosa "would really so completely hate each other"
August 4, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
The reality TV cat fight of the century is underway on The Surreal Life 5, where Janice Dickinson and Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth are butting heads. The co-creator of the show, Mark Cronin, tells The New York Times that producers "didn't anticipate […] that they would really so completely hate each other." Why did Janice agree to… continue reading
Surreal Life 5, Hogan Knows Best, Celebrity Fit Club 2 debut Sunday
July 8, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
VH1 kicks off three new "celebreality" shows on Sunday night, providing plenty of celebrity drama to shoot up with, so you can be on a celebrehigh all next week. First up is The Surreal Life 5 at 9 p.m. The cast features Jose Canseco, Bronson Pinchot, Pepa of Salt-n-Pepa, The Apprentice's Omarosa, and Top Model's… continue reading
Andy Dick thrown off Surreal Life 5 set; Janice Dickinson scares Omarosa.
April 15, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
Andy Dick thrown off Surreal Life 5 set; Janice Dickinson scares Omarosa. Visiting the set of The Surreal Life 5, Andy Dick acted like–get ready for it–a dick. An "insider" tells Page Six that "producers and security had to wrestle him to the ground in order to throw him off the set. Andy was completely… continue reading
The Surreal Life 5 cast announced.
March 30, 2005 by Andy Dehnart
The Surreal Life 5 cast announced. Kathy Griffin was half-right: The Surreal Life 5 is coming to VH1, but The Amazing Race 6's Jonathan won't be the reality TV cast member. Instead, that role will be filled by two people: The Apprentice's Omarosa, fresh from her Fear Factor appearance, and Top Model's Janice Dickinson. The… continue reading
Kathy Griffin: Surreal Life 5 starts taping soon; TAR's Jonathan denies conversation.
Kathy Griffin: Surreal Life 5 starts taping soon; TAR's Jonathan denies conversation. In an interview with Page SixSixSix yesterday, Kathy Griffin revealed that The Surreal Life 5 is starting production soon, perhaps this week or next week. Kathy, who served as the cab driver picking up the celebs last season, and who has her own… continue reading
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GAME REVIEW – Fable III (Xbox 360)
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Something felt different in the months before the release of Fable III. The promises from the Peter Molyneux felt muted in comparison to the grandiose features that failed to make it into the first two games. Perhaps he's wise to the reputation he's gaining, the man who promises much but delivers little, his games rarely living up the levels of hype that he creates. There's no denying that both Fable games thus far have been wonderful adventures, but since then Fallout 3 has re-written the rules of the modern RPG. The promises made for Fable III sounded believable, but do they finally amount to the game we've been waiting on for six years?
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Playing a print journalist in her new film 'Monica', Divya said she "loved" Rani in 'No One Killed Jessica' and was "fascinated" by Konkona in 'Page 3', but her own role is more complicated than these.
"It is the most difficult character I have ever played. There have been other actresses playing journalists but my role in this movie is definitely the toughest," Divya told PTI.
'Monica', also starring Ashutosh Rana and Rajit Kapoor, is releasing this Friday, but Divya has already garnered praise for her work in the film.
"Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra said that it is the bravest role he has ever seen on screen. Even director Sudhir Mishra was moved by my performance," said Divya.
The actress, who received critical acclaim for her roles in Mehra's 'Dilli 6' and Yash Chopra's 'Veer-Zara', said she was apprehensive about taking up the film at first.
"The boldness of the character in terms of its attitude made me a bit apprehensive. It was the toughest to present and living the character was emotionally exhausting."
"My role is shown in five phases, from the age of 16 to 35. From being an under confident schoolgirl in a small town, the character transforms into a smart, ambitious journalist in the city," said the actress.
Even though there are reports that her role is inspired by the Niira Radia or Shivani Bhatnagar case, Divya said the film takes from such incidents but her role is not based on any single person.
'Monica' is directed by newcomer Sushen Bhatnagar and produced by Congress leader Kush Bhargava.
Divya currently has her hands full. After 'Monica', her next film is a children's film directed by Amol Gupte set for release in May. The actress is also looking forward to 'My Friend Pinto', produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Her first Hollywood outing 'Hisss', starring Mallika Sherawat, was panned by critics, but Divya insists she and co-star Irrfan Khan enjoyed working in the film.


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HPS charity golf day boosts Great Ormond Street funds
Published: 05 June, 2015
More than £8,000 has been collected for Great Ormond Street Hospital by charity fundraisers at Heating Plumbing Supplies (HPS).
Staff and customers from the company's Croydon, Lewisham and Merton branches, as well as suppliers, gathered at HPS' Coulsdon charity golf day on 4 June.
The final total raised on the day amounted to £8920.
Peter Wilson, company sales and marketing director, said: "This superb figure was a new record raised at a HPS Golf Day and was achieved with contributions from those attending on the day, along with a raffle and very successful charity auction."
Last year the company raised over £55,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital, and has altogether collected in excess of £300,000 for the children's hospital.
HPS nears charity milestone
Following a year of record turnover in 2016, Heating Plumbing Supplies (HPS) is nearing a fundraising milestone in its continued support of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
HPS has raised over half a million for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital
Peter Wilson, Sales and Marketing Director, and Alec Meadows, Operations Director, from Heating Plumbing Supplies Merchants presented the cheque during a recent visit to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
Kent Blaxill completes annual fund-raising for Help for Heroes
Kent Blaxill raised £2,400 in 2018 for its chosen charity, Help for Heroes.
TIMco sales generate £10,000 for charity
The more than £10,000 raised by TIMco for charity through the sale of its In-Dex Decking Screws will be distributed to breast cancer charities across the UK, the company has announced.
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Rolawn has been hard at work fundraising £420 for the Greenfingers Charity Garden Re-Leaf day.


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The downstairs theater at St. Bonaventure Church has a wide performance space, which is designed by Carl Ulazek as a sitting room at Monticello. Through some awkward entrances and exits, the space also serves as Jefferson's bedroom and wine cellar. Lighting is by Richard Norwood and sound by Razor Wintercastle. Jos Banks designed the costumes.
The script is larded with Poe puns and references, as well as jabs about Hamilton, reflecting the animosity between the two founding fathers—the urban Federalist Hamilton and the rural Republican Jefferson. Geoghegan wrote the play two years ago and says he had the idea before that—well before Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton made its first appearance at the Public Theatre in New York.
For indeed, Geoghegan says, even now in the Trump era, the Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776, is the greatest of all literary calls to resist and Jefferson was the leader of the Second Resistance, as well as the First. He says the "Second Resistance" was to Federalists who displaced the royalists as the enemies of the left. Geoghegan has placed his script online so that you can download and read it.
Geoghegan is a Chicago labor lawyer who has represented labor unions and employee groups in many significant cases in various United States district courts and courts of appeals. He represented Friends of the Parks in its successful suit to block the Chicago Park District from approving construction of the Lucas museum on park land. He has written six books, including Which Side Are You On? (1991), cited by the National Book Critics Circle as one of the best five non-fiction books that year. His latest book, Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement, was released in December 2014.
Monticello runs two hours with one intermission at St. Bonaventure Church, 1625 W. Diversey (theater entrance is on Marshfield). Performances are Thursday-Sunday through September 3. Tickets are $20 with student discounts available.


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Pasta Primer for Italy
Italy means many different things to many different people. For some, it is the land of their ancestors, a vaguely legendary departure point from which great-great grandparents left for more prosperous shores. For others, it is a cultural paradise, where the highest concentration of the world's art, architecture, and archaeological sites beckon. For others, it's the hotbed of chic contemporary design, birthplace of sleek cars and stiletto heels.
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But no matter what your personal iconography may be, there is one symbol of Italy that unites the world: pasta.
Sure, there are areas of Italy where polenta is served, and other regions dominated by rice. But pasta is the unrivaled foundation of Italian cuisine, and Italy's cuisine is the foundation of its culture.
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of types and shapes of pasta, but here's a basic primer for the most common you'll come across while visiting Italy:
Rolling fresh sheets of bright yellow pasta so thin you can practically read a newspaper through them is one of the joys of Italian cooking, and one of the most popular mainstays of an Italian meal.
Egg pasta (Pasta all'uovo) is made with a simple mixture of fresh eggs (especially the yolks) and flour, so the secret to success is the quality of the ingredients and the skill in working the pasta.
Once rolled out in a sfoglia, the pasta can be cut into ribbons–from wide pappardelle (usually served with game ragù), to medium tagliatelle or fettuccine (best with pungent truffles or wild mushrooms), to thin tagliolini (often tossed with seafood)—or used as sheets for a variety of lasagne.
Pasta all'uovo is also the base for filled pasta, from the familiar ravioli and tortellini, to the smaller cappelletti (served in broth), cannelloni (long tubes baked like lasagne), and agnolotti (most common in the north).
With the odd scraps of sfoglia, Italian cooks will whip up a batch of maltagliati (literally: badly cut pieces) to toss with a simple sauce or quadrucci (little squares) to boil in a fragrant broth for a soul-warming soup.
Flour Pasta
There are a few types of fresh pasta made without egg, but instead a simple mixture of flour and water (and a pinch of salt), carefully kneaded to the perfect consistency and formed with expert hands to be quickly boiled al dente and tossed with a traditional sauce.
Perhaps the most famous of this category are orecchiette, small "ear"-shaped pasta formed with a roll of the thumb by the hundreds around kitchen tables in Puglia and served with sauteed broccoli greens.
In Liguria, you are most likely to find your pesto tossed with a plate of trofie, another fresh flour and water based pasta, no longer than a couple of inches and loosely corkscrewed.
In central Italy, pici (in Tuscany), strangozzi, or strozzapreti (in Umbria and Le Marche) are a rib-sticking long and thick pasta which is traditionally served with the most pungent sauces based on game, truffles, or wild mushrooms.
Pasta Asciutta
When most people thing of pasta, steaming plates of pasta asciutta come to mind: the dried pasta shapes bought in grocery stores around the world and a mainstay in many kitchens.
The most prized pasta asciutta in Italy comes from a number of specific areas (including Gragnano in southern Italy and Abruzzo in the center) where there is a long tradition of using bronze dies, which leave the dried pasta just rough enough to capture slippery sauce, quality durum wheat, and crystalline spring water. That said, most Italian families get by on much less expensive commercial brands (Barilla topping the charts), which use teflon dies and less exclusive ingredients, but still turn out an excellent product.
Short pasta is the daily bread (literally) in an Italian kitchen, and a plate of penne al pomodoro is to an Italian child what a peanut butter sandwich is to an American one: the fall-back, basic dish. Short tubular pastas (penne, rigatoni, tortiglioni, and corkscrew-shaped cavatappi) are usually paired with thick or chunky sauces, and ridged versions provide more texture to capture every last drop. Short shaped pasta (butterfly-shaped farfalle, conchiglie shells, twisted fusilli, or kid-pleasing ruote wheels) are perfect for sauces with small pieces of meat, fish, vegetables, or beans, which can be captured up in their twists and folds.
White shirts have been sacrificed at the altar of long pasta with red sauce for centuries (don't cut your long pasta, but wrap it slowly and carefully around your fork to bring it to your mouth), but there's a reason we love it so much despite the sartorial trauma. The long, thin shapes of capellini, spaghetti, or linguine are made for rich olive oil or cream-sauce based dressings, or perfectly velvety tomato or vegetable sauces.
Specialty Pastas
Pasta, just like all of Italy's cuisine, is regional and certain traditional versions can only be found in a limited area.
Spaghetti (tonnarelli) alla chitarra is a long pasta found almost exclusively in Abruzzo (though it pops up at times in neighboring Puglia or Le Marche), made with sheets of fresh egg pasta laid over a chitarra, a wooden frame with a number of parallel wires stretched across. When rolled over the wires with a rolling pin, the pasta is cut into long ribbons which are squared off.
Pizzoccheri are a fresh pasta made with buckwheat flour and rolled into short, flat ribbons. Found almost exclusively in Valtellina in the northern Dolomite mountains, pizzocheri are tossed with potatoes and cooked greens, and dressed with garlic, sage, and butter for a rich, warming dish.
Bucatini are a long, dry pasta similar to spaghetti but hollow down the middle. This humble pasta forms the base for one of Rome's most traditional dishes: Pasta all'Amatriciana (or Pasta alla Gricia, if made without tomatoes).
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With all the back to school talk, wouldn't it be great if we could put all of the demands of a new school year aside and instead focus on what really matters most–Jesus? I can't take away the school requirements of your state. This school year, however, I can help you be intentional about taking a few minutes to help your family focus on God.
What is the Bible Blitz?
There are so many read your Bible in a year plans, but few, if any, are really designed with families in mind. The Bible Blitz is a family tour through the main ideas of the Bible. It's a year-long plan that goes through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, picking out the main stories and central themes. The Bible Blitz takes into account the special Biblical holidays of Christmas and Easter, setting aside extra time to focus on holiday themed Bible readings. At the end of the year, your family will have an overview of God's Word, His special message for us.
Why Take Only One Year?
Think about binge watching your favorite shows on Netflix. Don't you love being able to focus on a series all at once, instead of taking long breaks between episodes? Conversely, how many times have you watched a show over a long period of time, only to have them bring up a character or plot scenario that you forgot all about? Even after they reminded you, you can't remember all the important details.
Long books, like the Bible, are no different. If you can take time to focus on the highlights of the whole Bible in just a year, you and your children will be more likely to remember it and see how it all fits together. If given to our own devices, we skip around the Bible like a fly buzzing around. This is a plan that helps everyone in your family, young and old, understand how the entire Bible fits together. You will be amazed at what your little ones will understand!
What About In-Depth Bible Study?
The entire Bible is great for teaching. The Bible Blitz does not dismissing the validity and importance of the whole Bible. There is a time and place for going through the Bible verse by verse. It can be hard to hit every verse with children though! I highly recommend deeply studying parts of God's Word that convict you very closely. You can do that in addition to this if you wish. In fact, our family is studying this scripture in the evenings together and doing another in-depth study of Acts during school time.
The Bible Blitz, however, is also an invitation for in-depth study. Studying the Bible in a year, even if you are just hitting the highlights, is no small undertaking. Reading verses straight from the Bible will change your hearts. God is accomplishing His purposes. We have had some amazing, thought-provoking conversations based on things we wanted to point out from the reading, or, better yet, from the questions the kids have had about the readings.
Start the Bible Blitz Now!
If you start the Bible Blitz now, you can get through the first major chunk, Genesis and Exodus, before Christmas. It may not seem like much, but Genesis and Exodus are jam packed with great stories. (Leviticus, Numbers, and some others won't take nearly as long!) You can also join us at Minivan Ministries Meet-Up on Facebook to keep up with extra activities and ideas for discussion.
To download the Bible Blitz, join the Minivan Ministries Brigade via the link below. You will be kept up to date with all the latest Bible Blitz and Minivan Ministries news.
This sounds great! I would have loved to use this with my children a few years back when we were homeschooling.
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It is good for homeschool, but it's also good for anyone that wants a comprehensive Bible reading plan. Thanks for stopping by!
So many times when we've done devotions as a family it's difficult to meet the needs of both our younger children and our older at the same time. This Bible Blitz is a great idea because each age could grasp what they are able at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
I really liked your post it is inspiring.


At 7.30 pm at the Refuge for those who want to dine with the traditional "tortellini" San Giovanni home made by the cooks of the Refuge.
Excursion suitable for everyone, to go to collect the blessed dew in a magical place, where around a small fire, between stories and rituals, we will celebrate San Giovanni.
Difference in level 250 m.
Walking time, stops excluding:2.5 hours.
Suitable for children over 7 years. Necessary windbreaker, clothing and hiking shoes, possibly frontal flashlight. Cost: € 13 adults, 7 children.


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The price difference, fuel availability may work against diesel versions.
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Mumbai: Petrol-run vehicles priced below ₹10 lakh are likely to be the initial gainers when India transitions to BS-VI emission standards in April, according to industry executives and experts.
Factors that are expected to work against diesel vehicles include price hikes that would likely be sharper than on petrol-run models and continuing uncertainty over the availability of BS-VI compliant fuel across the country. Companies that focus on large diesel-powered utility vehicles could therefore take a bigger hit, at least initially, than those that specialise in petrol.
Introduction of BS-VI would impact the sub ₹10 lakh and the ₹10 lakh-plus price bands differently, said Vinay Raghunath, partner and leader, automotive, EY. "In the first category, OEMs have already announced and launched BS-VI capable gasoline (petrol) powertrain variants while keeping the price rise marginal, which should give a boost to the gasoline powertrain segmental share. In the greater than ₹10 lakh segment, it's clear that due to BS-VI transition there will be a significant price increase in the diesel powertrain variants."
Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava said sales of petrol cars could likely grow at the expense of diesel cars after the transition, with the sub-₹10 lakh petrol models likely to see faster expansion. The rule in the NCR limiting the life of diesel vehicles to 10 years and that of petrol to 15 years could also influence buying decisions, he added.
Maruti Suzuki has the largest petrol small-car portfolio in India. Over the recent years, sales of petrol cars have gone up, he said.
Fuel efficiency and performance of petrol vehicles have also improved, offsetting an advantage diesel had over the lighter fuel. The downside of petrol cars as a variant is not there anymore, said expert.
"We have to see how consumer behaviour plays out over the next couple of quarters, with respect to continuing popularity of certain combinations of vehicle body type & powertrains, price elasticity and the perceived product value proposition" said EY's Raghunath.
While the price impact on petrol variants of compact cars and SUVs would be in the range of 3-5%, it is the larger diesel vehicles, that would be a minimum of 8-10%, according to industry experts. Companies like Mahindra & Mahindra that have a large portfolio of products priced above ₹10 lakh would have to pass on their higher cost to customers, they said.
What this means is that a small BS-VI passenger car in the ₹5 lakh bracket would becoming costlier by about ₹25,000 which can easily be afforded by its consumer, while a diesel SUV costing Rs 10 lakh would become dearer by nearly ₹1 lakh, making it potentially unattractive to customers.
Another factor is that BS-IV petrol can be used in BS-VI variants, but the same is not the case with diesel, where BS-VI engines will require fuel compliant with the same standards. There is no certainty over the availability of BS-VI diesel on a pan-India basis, thereby giving headaches to diesel vehicle makers. Diesel SUVs are highly used in rural India and it is doubtful if BS-VI diesel reaches interior parts of the country by April.
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On June 21st, a bunch of my closest friends gathered to play a little golf and mark the day that means I've chronologically turned another page. I thought I'd arrive early at North Palm Beach Country Club and just soak in the day, if it's not raining on a summer afternoon in South Florida, then the day is a rarity, this was indeed a chamber of commerce afternoon.A call from the Kiwi's ( PureGolf2010) was a nice touch, initiated from my boy Scott Baker.
Truth be told, I would rather practice short game over all else . . . finding ways to get the ball up and down inside 60 yds, and consequently saving strokes is the creative side of the game. Since I am a mediocre ball striker, often times it must be what I call "smoke and mirrors golf" to scratch out a score.
Back to June 21st, 2010. As I was waiting on the boys to show up, I was chipping to possibly the most undulated practice green this side of Augusta National. I was trying to work on flopping shots out of the high rough to an elevated pin postion . . . a nearly impossible task. As I hit one marginal shot, a voice from across the way says"looks like what they were trying to do at Pebble yesterday". As I look up, it's Dr.Gary Wiren, he does not remember our back nine rendezvous 5 years hence. We quickly got reacquinted and immediately began to comiserate on many things golf, such as: his summer golf trips across the U.S, his new putting alignment device (he owns Golf Around The World teaching aids), and our opinions regarding the U.S Open which had just finished. He asked me which golf swing impressed me when watching the leaders at Pebble Beach, I gave him the answer he was looking for, but wasn't expecting to hear . . . the Frenchman Gregory Havret. I gave him a little insight on LinksNation, and we exchanged contact information. Soon after the boys arrived and I wished Dr.Gary well on his upcoming golf adventure. A treat it was to meet up with him again.
After our round, we made our way to the Brass Ring Pub in North Palm Beach, for some great food and a "cheers" like atmosphere. The Summer Solstice was upon us, and thanks to all who made it another one to remember.


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Dallas 14, Washington 10
I wasn't much fun to be around Sunday night.
I went into the Dallas rematch with the mindset this game, bottom line, would finally tell me what kind of team we have in the 2008 Redskins. Were they closer to the team we saw watched thump the Cowboys and Eagles early in the year, or the team we've since watched slowly grind to an offensive halt?
The answer was both clear and gut-wrenching.
Oh, I know the Redskins could still bounce back and make a late playoff run. The early success certainly showed they're capable of excellent football. But having had some fundamental shortcomings exposed the past few weeks, I'd not put money on it.
Doesn't mean I'm not bullish on Jim Zorn and the future—I am. But, with apologies to George Allen, it doesn't look like that future is now.
The game itself was death by paper cut. No single error or mistake defined it, it was an accumulation of mistakes and missed opportunities that, taken together, were enough to do the Redskins in.
I won't rub too much salt into the wound, but for illustration …
• After scoring on their first drive to grab a 7-0 lead, the Redskins get a turnover on DeAngelo Hall's interception. Huge play—golden chance to capitalize and take control. Crowd going nuts. Three plays later, Antwaan Randle El can't handle a short 3rd-down conversion pass, and the Redskins go three and out.
• Two possessions later, still up 7-0, after another interception the Redskins put together a nice drive, moving from their own 20 to the Dallas 36. It's 3rd-and-6. They're on a roll. Five yards puts them in good field range range for 10-0; a first down puts them in good position to look for more. Instead, they get flagged for an illegal substitution. Then burn a timeout trying to sort it out. On 3rd-and-11, Dallas looses the hounds and Campbell gets sacked back to the 49.
• On the subsequent punt, Rock Cartwright almost pulls off a huge special teams play downing the ball at the Dallas 1. Rather than leave it be (it appeared to have stopped on its own) or just tap the ball back toward the field of play with a hand, he dives on it, with 50 yards of full-tilt momentum behind him. Not surprisingly, the play doesn't get made. Touchback. Ball comes out to the 20.
How many of you turned to whoever you were watching the game with at that moment and said, "Watch—now Dallas drives 80 yards for seven."
• Cartwright almost pulls off a monster play on the ensuing kickoff, breaking it up the right sideline, but gets run out of bounds at the Dallas 37. Big, but not monster. Monster would have been seven points on the scoreboard, a total momentum swing and FedEx Field lifting off its moorings. The Skins get one first down, bog down and settle for three.
• Washington opens the second half with a crisp drive, going from their own 13 to the Dallas 35, where they face 3rd-and-2. From the shotgun, Campbell throws low and hot to a blanketed Santana Moss at the sideline—a tough chance even if he's uncovered. He's not. Somehow, Dallas CB Terence Newman picks it off. It's the kind of play that makes toes curl and bowels tighten. Another scoring opportunity gone.
Another paper cut.
I could go on, but by now you're as bummed as I am. The short version is that the entire second half was a continuing accumulation of "almost," "what the--" and "oh shit" moments. Missed blocks. Missed passes. Blue tidal waves rolling over Campbell. Offensive playcalling that surprised no one. Defensive blitzes that were telegraphed, didn't get there anyway and left people uncovered downfield.
By the end of the third quarter, I knew. There would be no fourth-quarter heroics. No surge. No finish, as I wrote so proudly about this team just five weeks ago. And I hate to admit it, but right about then is when, with a deep sigh, I toggled the switch in my mind from "2008 Contender" to "Just Another Team."
A two-play sequence in the fourth quarter defined the game, and the current state of the team, in microcosm.
Washington leads 10-7, with 11:29 to go. Dallas has a 3rd-and-7 at the Redskins 33. With a defensive stop, Dallas is looking at a 50-yarder to tie. Tony Romo drops to pass. The Redskins apply pressure from edges, but nothing up the middle. Romo steps up into the gap, and at the last possible instant, flips a Favresque little shovel pass toward Miles Austin, who gathers it in and falls forward for the first down at the 25.
How many of you turned to whoever you were watching the game with at that moment and said, "Watch—now they'll go end zone."
And they did.
On the next play, Romo stands comfortably in the pocket, and throws a seam pass to someone named Martellus Bennett, at the goal line, over rookie safety Chris Horton, who is all but wearing Bennett's jersey (Miles Austin? Martellus Bennett? I remember when we used to lose to guys named Staubach, Pearson, Aikman and Irvin). Touchdown.
Why were those two plays a microcosm? Because today's Redskins wouldn't have made either play.
For one, Jason Campbell doesn't have the ball-handling skills to pull off the kind of helter-skelter, ad-lib third-down play Romo (even with a pinky cast) did. We saw the shovel pass from Campbell once earlier this year, I believe against Philly, and it wasn't pretty.
Faced with the collapsing pocket on third down, today's Campbell would have either faded back from the pressure, tried to run up the middle or forced a last-second overhand pass. And none of those would have resulted in a first down—not the way things have been going.
And on the touchdown play … the Redskins passing game is so out of whack, and its trigger man clearly thinking too hard instead of just playing, that that pass would never have been thrown. Because the receiver wasn't open. He was blanketed, not just by Horton, but by a rapidly closing Laron Landry.
There was every bit as much chance that ball gets batted around and even picked off than there was some rookie backup making a great catch in traffic. That play was high-risk, high-reward defined, and the Redskins simply aren't in that market right now.
Zorn and Campbell, for all the promise and synergy they showed early, over the past few weeks have produced a passing game so conservative Governor Palin wouldn't vote for it.
Pa-rum-pum.
You'll notice I've said little about the defense. I could pick nits with the 4th-quarter collapse against the run, but I won't. They were never going to be the '85 Bears or '00 Ravens—units you could count on to hold teams to 10 or less every week. They're just not built that way. They're not big or young enough up front.
As it was, they surrendered 14 points, despite almost no support from their own offense. Ten NFL teams gave up more than 14 points this week, and won. No team won scoring 10 or less.
I will note that the defense—while coming up with two turnovers—recorded its 21st consecutive game without a touchdown (London Fletcher INT vs AZ, Week 6, 2007). Not sure how that stacks up against other teams, but I suspects it's at or near the bottom of the league.
So where does all this leave us? Depends how you look at it.
At 6-4, the Redskins are smack dab in the middle of the playoff hunt. Having dropped two in a row and three out of four at home, however, and having stagnated offensively, any last remnants of the early-season momentum and confidence are gone.
And some of the problems—an utterly ineffective offensive line, gritty but not difference-making quarterback, and pass rush challenged defense—don't appear likely to quickly resolve themselves in 2008.
Who knows, maybe they'll right the ship, beat Seattle in their house and come home frisky and ready for another shot at the defending champions. As cold a dose of reality as the two consecutive losses have been, two consecutive wins now would certainly re-light the fires. But the benefit of the doubt has definitely shifted.
As I said before, I'm still bullish on the long-term future of the Jim Zorn, Jason Campbell Redskins. And depending on what happens over the next two weeks maybe I'll feel differently again.
But for now, in the cold light of day, they've become a dream deferred.
I'm right there with you. This is the team I was afraid they were when everyone was predicting the march to 7-1. They just have too many flaws to do great things (I think).
I too feel OK about Zorn, but I'm starting to doubt Campbell. The line is having issues but a good QB has got to be able to make something happen when things are going bad. And he has to make defenses pay when things are going well. He's not doing either right now.
I'll admit to wavering a little on Campbell the last 2 weeks. Still don't doubt the man's talent and heart, but his performances have reminded me why I never thought he was a good WCO fit in the first place.
He's always struck me as the prototype Gibbs QB: big, strong armed, play-action pocket passer. To me, the prototype WCO QB types are the quick-release, nimble footed, "throw from any platform guys." Brees, young Favre, Romo, Garcia, etc.
At this point my hope is that, over time, Zorn can mold his system to Campbell, and vice versa, like he was able to with Hasselbeck in Seattle. The fast start had me almost believing we could skip the learning curve we all knew was coming ... but the last couple of weeks have brought me back down to earth.
I hate being patient. It makes me impatient.
Oh, don't be so full of doom and gloom. Down here in Texas everybody is saying that the sky is falling because "if it hadn't been for that lucky shovel pass" or "if it hadn't been for that lucky reception at the goal line" the Cowboys would have lost. There's more doom and gloom because this was the year that the 'Boys were supposed to have waltzed into the Super Bowl, and that appears highly unlikely now.
So cheer up. Remember that the NFL is in the entertainment business, and you were obviously entertained on Sunday. "On any given Sunday", hu'on!
Make you a deal. I'll dial back the gloom, you dial back the anonymity.
Of course now that I think about it ... you're the one stuck in Dallas, not me. I feel better already. :)
Sean said...
Om, it's kind of funny that Jason Campbell can go from looking so good (against the Lions, for instance) to looking, well, inconsistent (see Steelers, Cowboys).
A lot of blame has been put onto the offensive line's performance lately, and that its proformance hasn't allowed Campbell to make plays.
I understand that argument, but I just can't help but look at other quarterbacks around the NFL and see that, despite the pressure, they're taking a look at the defense and making split-second decisions and getting the ball in the right place.
I don't like the think that Campbell isn't the right guy. The Redskins (and us fans) have been looking for "the right guy" since ... well, yeah.
It's all great when there is no pressure, but his poise under pressure (mostly making split-second decisions) has me looking elsewhere.
That brings on the next obvious question:
What do you think about Colt?
Like I said, for me the jury's still out on whether or not Jason can adapt his more classic drop-back QB body and skill set to the modified WCO Zorn was able to get Hasselbeck proficient in.
He looked like he was on track early in the year, but as the OL has been exposed and become a sieve, Jason's not been able to compensate by speeding things up.
No one wants to hear it right now, but the only way we're going to find out if he can "get there" is to give him time.
Zorn and Hasseslbeck both said it took Hass 2-3 years to get comfortable in this offense. I wonder if Skins fans are prepared to be that patient.
As to Colt ... all I know right now is what I saw in limited action in preseason, against scrubs, with scrubs. He certainly looks to have the body, quick release and "feel" for the WCO, but until I see him under live fire against a real defense, I'm going to keep my powder dry.
LizKauai said...
OM...dangit...I have been trying very hard to stifle myself but watching that game was even more painful than normal because I've seen the rookie 'Skins QB become the catalyst that could fire up a team over and over again.
Fogeddabout college, and feel what Madden and Jergensen felt about him in the preseason. It's not just one guy... it's what he does to a whole team by being willing to throw himself completely into the moment and go after that W.
That's what's missing right now.
Our QB needs to be a spiritual Braveheart and lead the charge with intensity and determination. A guy the O-Line will sacrifice home and hearth to protect because they LOVE -him because of what he is willing to risk to bring in the win.
That attitude will galvanize a whole team on both sides of the ball and the defense and special teams will get even better because they know their turnovers and field positions will be cashed in with the "sudden" offense of the Washington Redskins.
That is my vision.
Not really a vision, because I've seen it in green... and long to see it again in burgundy and gold!
Liz, you're looking at a guy who believes QB is the single most important position in sports. I'm all about the things you describe--the right QB in the right situation can lift an entire organization. And Colt may well be that guy.
But Jason might be that guy too if and when he his situation finally sync up. I don't think we can possibly overstate the impact the constant starting over in new systems, and for new coaches, has had on his development.
The team has invested too much time and money in the man to not see it through now. To me that means this season and probably next before we can fairly assess whether Campbell can make it work here.
If by the end of next season, or maybe even midseason if the light really hasn't come on by then, he's still where he is now ... then I'll probably agree it's time for to see what they have in your boy. But not yet.
I'm as intrigued with Colt as with any QB we've had around here in a while. He does seem to have that spark. But I'm not prepared to turn the page on Jason Campbell yet. We've come too far too close that book before finding out how it ends.
William Warshauer said...
Regarding how long it'll take Jason to finally get ready, I just wonder why it seems to happen so much faster for other teams. Romo stepped in and was great right away. Flacco in Baltimore and another rookie QB whose name I'm forgetting are having good years this year as Rookie's. Jason's been her what 4-5 years and now we say he needs another 2 to get ready?? I don't know.....
Well, in the two cases you mention, Romo sat on the bench four years watching, learning and practicing every day before he ever took a snap. All four were in the same system.
Flacco has been a surprise, but he's also playing on a team with one of the perennial best defenses in the league, and hasn't had to carry much of the load there. He's done well so far, and may turn into a stud over time, but I think we should wait a year or two as the league gets a book on him to see if he's the real deal or not.
Every QB has a different circumstance to deal with that impact his development. Few have had them as uneven as Campbell. 4 1/2 years into his career, we still haven't seen him run the same system under the same coaching for more than one consecutive season.
I'm just saying he should get at least two years under Zorn to show he can handle the role. As I've said, I'm a bit let down by what I've seen the past two weeks as the OL has broken down in front of him, but I've seen enough flashes over the past 4 years to still give the man the benefit of the doubt.
I know I'm among a thinning crowd, however.
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The Skeleton Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows Skeleton Creek as it passes through the outer south western suburbs of Point Cook and Altona Meadows in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The northern end of the path comes within 800 metres of the Federation Trail.  the intervening Princes Highway eliminates any possibility of traversing between these two points. Neither council, state government, federal government or VicRoads have expressed any interest in joining the track due to the local seats being non strategic.

 a new footbridge at the southern end of Skeleton Creek, extends the Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail to the far side of Skeleton Creek at Sunflower Walk. This trail will eventually continue to the Point Cook Coastal park and homestead maintained by Parks Victoria as development at Sanctuary Lakes Resort continues.  access to Point Cook Road via the south side of Sanctuary Lakes is not possible due to construction works in progress. Access to the path on the west side heading up stream is via Sunflower Walk, Sanctuary Lakes Estates Boulevard and Bayside Drive.

Following the Path

Upper section
The upper section starts just north of Sayers Road. Further south is a footbridge across the creek leading to the "Flagmans Welcome". Stay on the west side. About 3 km from Sayers Road the path meets the Federation Trail.

Lower section
The lower section starts about 700 m south of the Federation Trail on the south side of the creek but does not connect to the Federation Trail due to the intervening Princes Freeway.

There is a path on both sides of the creek. There are two footbridges: one halfway along the trail and the other near the mouth of the creek at the start of the Cheetham Wetlands adjacent to the old ford. This footbridge, completed in Dec 2009, links directly to the Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail.

Connections
Upper section: Dead end near Sayers Road. Connects to the Federation Trail at the southern end.

Lower section:
Dead end in the north at McIntyre Street, with access to Federation Trail via road: Dunnings Road, Hacketts Road then Sneydes Road/Hoppers Lane. Sneydes Road/Hoppers Lane has an overpass over Princes Highway. The road is busy and requires caution.
A secondary path at the middle footbridge leads to Bruce Comben Reserve, allowing access to a footbridge over the Princes Highway, connecting to Laverton Station.
The trail connects to the Hobsons Bay Coastal Trail in the south.

Lower: West end at . East end at .

See also
Skeleton Creek, Melbourne

References

External links
 Hobsons Bay council - map
 Parks Victoria - Point Cook Coastal Park
 Parks Victoria - Cheetham Wetlands

Bike paths in Melbourne
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