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"Sister Wives" Season 6 Episode 5 aired last Feb. 8, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. on TLC. The episode kicks off with Kody Brown announcing to all of his families that a couple of post-graduates in anthropology is going to stay with them for four days to study their polygamous lifestyle. Read on to know more about Kody's announcement.
Dayton asks if they are going to be observed like monkeys. Kody tells him that the anthropologists will just mingle with them. The children are told that if they do not want to answer some questions, they can just ignore it. It is emphasized that they are not forced to speak.
The anthropologists are also discussing about their own protocol during the visit. The professor tells Richard and Antoinette to delve deeper in knowing the specific responsibilities of each wife like who among them is the sex wife, the love wife and the mother wife. Antoinette adds that she wants to know how the wives act when Kody is not around. The professor agrees with her and emphasizes that "four wives is not the end." His students cannot help but laugh at him.
Kody and his wives go to the university to talk to the anthropologists. Antoinette asks them to not treat them as guests. Christine says it is going to be difficult because they are naturally hospitable. Janelle thinks the visit is going to be awkward. Robyn asks the anthropologists if they are religious. Antoinette answers that she is just spiritual, not religious. On the other hand, Richard is an atheist. Kody and Robyn worry that the students will not see them as a functional family. Robyn is uncertain about the students' biases. However, Meri is optimistic that if the students are skeptical about polygamy, they can possibly change their minds after four days.
After the anthropologists visited each home for the first time, the kids say that they feel comfortable with them. They are happy as if friends are coming over. Richard observes that with so much children, most of the Brown kids are running around and looking for affection and attention. He asks if it is a "wise" idea to have someone's time and resources expanded to the maximum just to cater a lot of children.
Everybody gathers in the family room to relax. Kody suddenly asks the students if humans are naturally monogamous or polygamous. He believes that humans are "designed" to be polygamous. Richard agrees with him. He thinks with the rise of the idea of private property, humans adjusted to be monogamous. Antoinette thinks it is all about the humans' "flexibility" in adjusting with the changing environment.
Kody and the wives are planning to have a barbecue, prank the students and make s'mores. Unlike earlier when Richard chose to stay outside as the family was preparing the meal, he becomes willing to play tag with Kody and his children. Antoinette mocks him that he is being too manly.
It is time for the prank. The wives are going to feed Kody as he talks to the students. They will portray themselves as clingy, while Kody will appear spoiled. They are trying their best to control their laughter because they think it is awkward. Meri and Robyn even hide in a room just to laugh out loud. It gets funnier as the kids imitate their mothers.
The mischief continues in the s'mores party. The wives stuff a lot of s'mores into Kody's mouth at the same time. The wives are curious why the students are not reacting at all. After learning the prank, Antoinette thinks it was interesting because she saw the wives cooperating with each other.
The biggest issue that recently emerges is Janelle and Kody's daughter Madison wanting to join the Mormon Church. Kody, his wives and the anthropologists are planning to talk to her. On the other hand, Madison's siblings Mykelti and Hunter are praising her for following what her heart wants. Her brother Logan cannot relate at all. However, the three siblings agree that more of Kody's children are going to join the Mormons.
Kody tells Madison that the parents are shocked about her decision because she never brought it up. Madison explains that she had lessons in the university from Mormon missionaries. The anthropologists are amazed on how functional the Brown family is because the parents are letting their children decide for themselves. Madison says that she was depressed in the university and found peace by joining the Mormons. That seals the deal for Janelle. The parents are satisfied with Madison's explanation. They just make her promise to keep associating herself with the family.
After watching a movie, Garrison and Gabriel fight in the parking lot. Kody asks for the police officers to let him handle his sons. He yells at them for being so insensitive. He punishes them by not letting them go to Hawaii. Janelle thinks it is the worst thing they have ever done. The anthropologists think that it was the children's way of getting attention. They let the family have some privacy while Kody and Janelle talk to their sons.
Kody admits that he has not much time for the children. Gabriel explains that it was a fight for their favorite car seat. He insists that he did not retaliate physically. Janelle says that she witnessed it and agrees with Gabriel that Garrison really lost his temper. Kody insists Gabriel to speak the truth. The conversation gets pointless when both sons are telling two different stories. Kody says he is embarrassed with Antoinette and Richard. Janelle defends the family that conflicts are just normal.
What will the anthropologists observe next? Catch the next episode on Feb. 15, 2015.
There you have it for the recap on "Sister Wives" Season 6 Episode 5, which aired last Feb. 8, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. on TLC. For more updates about this show, including spoilers and recaps, follow Movie News Guide (MNG).
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"My father was a patient in June ..."
About: The Great Western Hospital The Great Western Hospital Swindon SN3 6BB
Posted via NHS Choices (as ),
What I liked
My father was a patient in June 2008 which I appreciate is over a year ago but the memory stays with me.
The ambulance crew, AE staff and ICU staff were wonderful.
What could be improved
Ampney ward, which is I believe, a short stay surgical ward, was truly awful. The staff who looked after my father were arrogant, uncaring and unfeeling. I could write an essay on the things that were not done or not recorded or on the pain and distress my father suffered but feel there is little point. I did complain at the time and he was transferred to ICU. I dont know what we would have done if that had not happened.
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I feel that the people that quite often suffer the most from ineptitude and poor care in hospitals are the elderly. They are the people who have the least access to this method of making their feelings known.


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Following criticism from atheists, a California science center has reportedly removed a disclaimer about evolution that it placed on a poster advertising one of its public shows.
CuriOdyssey, a science and wildlife center in San Mateo, Calif., used language to let parents know that the subject of evolution would be discussed in "Animal Connections," a live animal demonstration. A line on the poster read, "This program may discuss the topic of evolution."
After noticing the disclaimer, Adam Rogers, an editor and writer at Wired, tweeted a picture of the sign, writing, "Apparently evolution is something they warn you about now, like smoke effects in the theater."
Apparently evolution is something they warn you about now, like smoke effects in the theater. pic.twitter.com/B5EwHtB0WG
— Adam Rogers (@jetjocko) April 5, 2014
Atheists who noticed the picture soon spoke out against CuriOdyssey's warning, reportedly leading the science center to remove the line about evolution.
"It's like a warning sign… But for whom? Did someone attend the program, hear the "E" word come up, and go, 'Oh s***! I didn't know this was that kind of museum!?,'" wrote Friendly Atheist blogger Hemant Mehta. "Since when does a science museum need to warn people that a science presentation will include science?"
And Jerry Coyne, an atheist biologist at the University of Chicago, sent the museum a letter, calling the evolutionary warning "unnecessary" and writing that there's no need for scientific institutions to cater to faith-based opposition to evolution.
"Evolution happens to be true, and people need to learn about it," Coyne wrote. "Making it seem 'scary' in this way only adds to the bad feelings people have about such a marvelous view of life, and deprives children of a proper grounding in biology."
According to Mehta, a spokeswoman for CuriOdyssey told him that the evolution line will now be removed following public response.
Mehta said he was told that the science center put the disclaimer on the poster to accommodate religious visitors who were surprised that evolution was discussed during "Animal Connections."
"But after hearing feedback from science advocates, they decided the disclaimer didn't align with their mission and they will no longer be including it on any promotional materials," Mehta wrote.
(H/T: Friendly Atheist)
Featured image via @jetjocko's Twitter account


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Most Rated Titles With Jason Clarke
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1. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 397,735 | Gross: $144.84M
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier.
Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Votes: 360,157 | Gross: $208.55M
3. Public Enemies (2009)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke
Votes: 245,737 | Gross: $97.10M
4. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong
Votes: 232,889 | Gross: $95.72M
5. Terminator Genisys (2015)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney
Votes: 214,651 | Gross: $89.76M
6. Lawless (2012)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke
Votes: 200,575 | Gross: $37.40M
7. White House Down (2013)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke
Votes: 178,080 | Gross: $73.10M
8. Death Race (2008)
R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Votes: 177,370 | Gross: $36.32M
9. Everest (2015)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of New Zealand's Robert "Rob" Edwin Hall, who on May 10, 1996, together with Scott Fischer, teamed up on a joint expedition to ascend Mount Everest.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright, Martin Henderson
Votes: 162,884 | Gross: $43.48M
10. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama
Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin
Votes: 88,998 | Gross: $52.47M
11. Child 44 (2015)
R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 51,228 | Gross: $1.21M
12. Trust (I) (2010)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenage girl is targeted by an online sexual predator.
Director: David Schwimmer | Stars: Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato, Jason Clarke
Votes: 36,988 | Gross: $0.12M
13. Farscape (1999–2003)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu
Votes: 28,661
14. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan
Votes: 24,635 | Gross: $6.17M
15. Knight of Cups (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 19,129 | Gross: $0.56M
16. Texas Killing Fields (2011)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, History
In the Texas bayous, a local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders.
Director: Ami Canaan Mann | Stars: Sam Worthington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain
Votes: 16,156 | Gross: $0.05M
17. Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998–2001)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Three twenty-somethings share a Boston apartment and hang around (and work) at a pizza place.
Stars: Traylor Howard, Ryan Reynolds, Richard Ruccolo, Suzanne Cryer
Votes: 14,102
18. Twilight (1998)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon
Votes: 8,815 | Gross: $15.03M
19. The Chicago Code (2011)
44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Detective Jarek Wysocki, one of Chicago's toughest cops, struggles to clean up the town's violence and corruption.
Stars: Jason Clarke, Jennifer Beals, Matt Lauria, Devin Kelley
Votes: 7,440
20. Brotherhood (2006–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Set in an Irish neighbourhood in Providence, the series reflects around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a politician (Jason Clarke).
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish, Kevin Chapman
Votes: 6,204
21. Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
45 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Dr. Mark Sloan has a knack for getting into trouble, negotiating the twists and turns of mysteries and solving crimes with the help of his son, Steve, a homicide detective.
Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Barry Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter
Votes: 4,929
22. Home and Away (1988– )
22 min | Drama, Romance
"Home and Away" chronicles the lives, loves, happiness and heart-breaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
Stars: Ray Meagher, Lynne McGranger, Emily Symons, Ada Nicodemou
Votes: 4,743
23. Chelsea Lately (2007–2014)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Comedian Chelsea Handler talks about celebrity gossip, pop culture and interviews celebrities while giving her audience something to laugh at. She is accompanied by her round table guests ... See full summary »
Stars: Chelsea Handler, Chuy Bravo, Mike Rock, Heather McDonald
Votes: 4,100
24. The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
R | 120 min | Action, Biography, Thriller
1942: The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decides to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII: Anthropoid. Two young recruits in their late twenties, ... See full summary »
Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Jack O'Connell, Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke
Votes: 3,894
25. Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
Unrated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Follow Mary-Kate and Ashely halfway around the world in this Aussie adventure jam packed with non-stop action, laughs, super spies and surfer guys. The extraordinary escapade begins when ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Shapiro | Stars: Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jim Meskimen, Tamara Clatterbuck
Votes: 3,835
26. Mudbound (2017)
R | 134 min | Drama
Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 2,713
27. Heartbreak High (1994–1999)
50 min | Drama
The series based on the lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in Sydney. Praised for its willingness to tackle gritty issues, from drugs to romance to ... See full summary »
Stars: Callan Mulvey, Lara Cox, Emma Roche, Ada Nicodemou
Votes: 2,198
28. The Bill (1984–2010)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Uniform officers and detectives from an inner London police station enforce law and order on a day to day basis.
Stars: Graham Cole, Jeff Stewart, Trudie Goodwin, Simon Rouse
Votes: 2,194
29. Better Than Sex (2000)
R | 95 min | Drama, Romance
After a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: David Wenham, Susie Porter, Catherine McClements, Kris McQuade
Votes: 2,004 | Gross: $0.09M
30. The Human Contract (2008)
R | 103 min | Drama
A successful corporate type harboring a deep, dark secret befriends a free-spirited stranger who encourages him to ditch his stuffy lifestyle and live life in reckless abandon.
Director: Jada Pinkett Smith | Stars: Jason Clarke, Paz Vega, Idris Elba, T.J. Thyne
Votes: 1,696
31. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )
30 min | News
"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world. Launched in 1981, ET is anchored by Mary Hart and Bob Goen. Primary substitute anchors are Jann Carl ... See full summary »
Stars: Nancy O'Dell, Kevin Frazier, Mark Steines, Mary Hart
Votes: 1,605
32. The Outsider (2002 TV Movie)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A western love story revolving around the forbidden love between a young widow from a Mennonite-like religious group and a cold-blooded gunslinger whom she takes into her home after he is wounded.
Director: Randa Haines | Stars: Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine
Votes: 1,604
33. Swerve (2011)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Colin happens upon a road accident where he finds a dead man, a beautiful woman, and a suitcase full of money. After trying to do the right thing he soon finds himself caught up in a dangerous scheme.
Director: Craig Lahiff | Stars: Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon
Votes: 1,545
34. The Better Angels (2014)
PG | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Abraham Lincoln's childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.
Director: A.J. Edwards | Stars: Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley
Votes: 1,104
35. All Saints (1998–2009)
60 min | Drama
With Ward 17 closed down, the team from All Saints face big changes as they are split up and some are moved to the fast paced world of the Emergency Department, headed by Director of Emergency Frank Campion.
Stars: Judith McGrath, Georgie Parker, John Howard, Martin Lynes
Votes: 900
36. Yelling to the Sky (2011)
94 min | Drama
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
Director: Victoria Mahoney | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Zoë Kravitz, Jason Clarke, E.J. Bonilla
Votes: 661
37. Under Still Waters (2008)
85 min | Drama, Thriller
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
Director: Carolyn Miller | Stars: Lake Bell, Jason Biondo, Jason Clarke, Clifton Collins Jr.
Votes: 636
38. IMDb: What to Watch (2013– )
12 min | Documentary
IMDb presents movies and TV shows that we think our users will love.
Stars: Keith Simanton, Melanie McFarland, Miles Teller, Charlie Hunnam
Votes: 632
39. Blue Heelers (1994–2006)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The series primarily focuses on the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.
Stars: John Wood, Julie Nihill, Martin Sacks, Lisa McCune
Votes: 629
40. Praise (1998)
98 min | Drama
An unfocused twentysomething (Peter Fenton) moves in with a former co-worker (Sacha Holder), who is suffering from low self-esteem because of her weight, looks, and a case of eczema. Their ... See full summary »
Director: John Curran | Stars: Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler, Marta Dusseldorp, Ray Bull
Votes: 523 | Gross: $0.03M
41. You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
99 min | Comedy, Thriller
Small-town police fear for their lives after a set of serial murders with a Village People connection.
Director: Anthony Mir | Stars: Gary Eck, Akmal Saleh, Anthony Mir, Richard Carter
Votes: 509
42. Water Rats (1996–2001)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, a place of illicit rubbish dumps. pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years ... See full summary »
Stars: Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan, Jay Laga'aia
Votes: 499
43. Risk (2000)
R | 93 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
A naïve insurance adjuster comes under the tutelage of his jaded boss and gets caught in a web of deceit and lust.
Director: Alan White | Stars: Tom Long, Claudia Karvan, Melissa Madden-Gray, Bryan Brown
Votes: 478
44. All I See Is You (2016)
R | 109 min | Drama, Mystery
A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Ahna O'Reilly, Miquel Fernández
Votes: 388
45. Stingers (1998–2004)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stingers reveals the shadowy and ambiguous world of undercover cops - people with covert lives and constantly changing identities. They are the police who defeat crime from within the criminal world.
Stars: Peter Phelps, Kate Kendall, Anita Hegh, Ian Stenlake
Votes: 362
Farscape (1999–2003)
We're So Screwed: Part 3: La Bomba
TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Scorpius has betrayed the crew. Now they're all captured. Their plan failed, the crew has little choice but to help Scorpius's true agenda.
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley
Votes: 284
Farscape (1999–2003)
TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Aeryn has been captured by the Scarrans. The Scarrans realize they no longer need Crichton for wormhole technology. They can gain the knowledge from Aeryn's child. If the child is really ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley
Votes: 276
Farscape (1999–2003)
We're So Screwed: Part 1: Fetal Attraction
TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew goes after Aeryn on a Scarran controlled station.
Director: Geoff Bennett | Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley
Votes: 274
Farscape (1999–2003)
We're So Screwed: Part 2: Hot to Katratzi
TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew has managed to rescue Aeryn, but Scorpius was captured. Fearing he might reveal wormhole technology to the Scarrans, the crew must rescue him. As the Peacekeepers, and Scarrans, ... See full summary »
Director: Karl Zwicky | Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley
Votes: 273
50. Made in Hollywood (2005– )
60 min | Talk-Show
"MADE IN HOLLYWOOD", is an inventive behind-the-screen entertainment news, headline; magazine-styled series, featuring exclusive celebrity interviews with Hollywood's premiere talent. There... See full summary »
Stars: Kylie Erica Mar, Julie L. Harkness, Patrick Stinson, Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay
Votes: 224


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Planting a tree is like giving birth to some conciousness. How trees are important to us is well known fact which even a child is taught in the class. Contribution of trees in our life is immense. That's why trees are considered to be representives of demigods in ancient hindu society. We still worship trees in some rituals. Spiritual books told that trees also have conciousness . This conciousness is although less as compared to lower classess of animals. But they take birth, grow and die as a concious person do. Thats why I called that planting, protectiing and growing a tree is like giving birth to child, protecting & growing them.
But we are are selfish now. We are cutting more and more tree in name of decorating our houses or widening our roads or using more paper than required and other needs of life. So every body ask what I will get by planting tree and this is for govt to do the work. But this is duty of every one of us is to plant a tree. Now I got one point which will be useful for all of us and help the nature also.
I was told by one visiting swami ji that planting a particular tree by person with particular date of birth will help him very much.
This is with respect to nakshtra in which he is born. Like if a person is born in April month and his Nakshta is Ardra if he plant one or more tree of Shisham , the more the tree will grow the more the person will grow in his life and obstacles in his life will also be removed.
The list of Nakastra and matching plant name is as under
Nakshtra- plant name( hindi name)
Ashvini-Kuchila, bharani -awla, Krittika- Gullar, Rohini- Jamun, Mrigshirsha- Khar, Ardra-shisham, Punarvasu-Bans, Pushya- Pipal, Ashlesha-Nagkesar, Magha-Bagadad, Purva phalguni- Dhak, Uttra plalguni-Pakad, Hasta- Ritha, Chitra- Bel, Svati-Arjun, Visakha-Katai, Anuradha- Moleshree, Jyeshtha-Cheed, Mula-Saal, Purva Ashadha- Jal Betas, Uttra ashadha- Katahal , sravana-Madaar, Dhanishta- Chayyakar, shatabisha-Kadambh, Purva bhadrapada-Aam, uttra bhadrapada-Neem, Revti- mahua
Although name available with me is in hindi we can found the local versersion of this. Nakshtra can be easily found from date of birth. Although I am presenting this list but my purpose is that we should plant a tree any way and this if not useful for you personally will be useful for any body else and blessings do count and bring changes in life.
So go ahead and Plant a tree......


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A Notre Dame fan's thanks to give
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Brian Kelly is thankful for the opportunity to coach football at Notre Dame. Brandon Wimbush claims to be grateful for a room full of media. These typically-rote answers offered by the Irish coach and junior quarterback this week make surface-level sense, especially given the obligatory nature of dealing with that room full of cameras, reporters and recorders.
Senior linebacker and captain Drue Tranquill provided a more in-depth response Tuesday, thinking of his grandfather, or "Big Daddy."
"He moved in with us probably about 12 years ago to help my parents taking all the kids to all their sporting events and stuff, and he was always the one taking me to my baseball tournaments, staying in hotels with me and taking me around everywhere," Tranquill said. "So I'm really thankful for him and just the investment he gave to help me pursue my dream."
What might Notre Dame fans specifically be appreciative of this holiday? With a likely — somewhat inevitable — personal skewing, let's run through a few more than three dozen items worthy of giving thanks …
— Defensive coordinator Mike Elko. Last year the Irish defense created 14 turnovers and recorded 14 sacks. With a game to play before matching last season's 12 games, Notre Dame has forced 18 turnovers and brought down the opposing quarterback 20 times. There is a reason Elko is a Broyles Award finalist, given to the country's top assistant coach.
— Offensive coordinator Chip Long. His effect may not be as statistically-dramatic as Elko's, but Long's influence is rather noticeable, nonetheless. Long took over the play calling of an offense led by a first-year quarterback and — with two exceptions against two of the best defenses of 2017 — created a truly explosive attack.
— Strength and conditioning "coordinator" David Balis. Every indication, both on- and off-field, shows the Irish are in better shape this year, holding up better in fourth quarters and into the final month of the season.
"When you spend nearly 70 percent of your time with those [strength] coaches and with your physical and technical development, that's key to having a sustainable model in terms of culture of a winning football team," Tranquill said. "If you look at teams who have been successful, that's where they've started. …
"That's something we've been able to do here this year, and it's helped us to be successful. I think it'll continue to help us be successful."
— Special teams coordinator Brian Polian. Notre Dame's return units have not been explosive this year, but the coverage units have limited the opposition, something not inherently true the last few seasons. In many respects, with an offense producing as much as Long's has, those return possibilities are not as vital to the team's success as the coverage protections are, anyway. Breaking a return also relies on a singular talent more than team-wide coverages do.
"Sometimes to be great, you've got to have one great game-breaker," Kelly said Tuesday. "You've got to have somebody that changes the game, and I don't know that we have that guy right now."
— White bread, toasted, dry, with nothing on it. And four whole fried chickens and a Coke.
— The emergence of the defensive line. During some back-and-forth banter in fielding this preseason's ballots for the annual "Counting Down the Irish" series, jokes were cracked about how few defensive linemen warranted even consideration for the top-25 listing. In the end, three made the cut: sophomore end Daelin Hayes at No. 9, junior tackle Jerry Tillery at No. 11 and senior end Jay Hayes (no relation) at No. 20.
By this point, at least two more would land in the top 25, perhaps as many as four.
"Our defensive line has been a consistent group all year," Kelly said. "… They've fought. They've been very consistent."
— Specifically, sophomore defensive end Khalid Kareem has made himself a known commodity this season, making 5.5 tackles for loss including three sacks. His name will certainly land in next season's "Counting Down the Irish."
"This year has been a breakout year for him in [the weight room]," Kelly said. "He's gained a lot of confidence, and he's made so much progress in the weight room, so from a physical standpoint he can go in there and he can battle with anybody."
— Freshmen defensive tackles Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa and Kurt Hinish give even further reason for forward-looking optimism along the defensive front. Neither was expected to be a contributing presence this season. Both have been, and they thus ease concerns about the possible pending departures of both starting defensive tackles, Tillery and senior Jonathan Bonner.
— Senior defensive end Andrew Trumbetti may not be the highlight-providing force Kareem or some of the other defensive ends are, but he has provided steady play on both ends of the defensive line. One could even consider his steady play exceptional, if that were not such an oxymoron.
Trumbetti very well may have saved the victory over Navy, diagnosing and pressuring the halfback pass before the play could fully develop. The subsequent incompletion allowed Notre Dame to kneel out the clock.
10 — 5-Hour Energy Extra Strength bottles of delight. They are the fuel behind this space multiple times a week, including each and every third quarter. Without them, the frame following halftime would hardly register in memory. Fortunately, they are smaller than 3.4 fluid ounces, meaning they can slip in with one's toiletries when flying. Thanks, TSA.
— The Irish have been remarkably healthy this season. Perhaps the closest thing to a severe injury timed itself for the bye week, so senior linebacker and captain Greer Martini (meniscus tear) missed only one game.
— In missing that one game, Martini created an opportunity for junior linebacker Te'von Coney to earn both more playing time and more notice. He now leads Notre Dame with 93 tackles through 11 games, even though he had all of 75 entering the season.
The Irish dominated USC without Martini, and he has looked little, if any, worse for wear since surgery to repair the torn meniscus. Thus, there was little-to-no short-term harm. Martini's missing that game may have served Notre Dame a greater good in the long-term. Look at it this way: In the season's first six games, Coney had a total of 42 tackles. In only five since, he has 51, including a team-high 11 against the Trojans.
— Bluetooth, one of the more-underrated technological advances that has become a commonplace luxury in the 21st century.
— USC's gift of a fumbled punt. In retrospect, the Irish outplayed the Trojans in every facet of the game, but they relished the chance to go up 21-0 in the first half after USC muffed a punt inside its own 10-yard line. That moment may have sealed the outcome and will be one of the overlooked but consequential moments of Notre Dame's 2017.
— Recovering that fumble may be the easiest turnover credit of Tranquill's career. The most unexpected recurring quote of his collegiate time came following the 20-19 loss to Georgia. On-field, in-house interviews are only a symptom of the video board installed this year. If only for garnering this tidbit, the video board should be appreciated.
— Fettuccini alfredo. It is simple to cook, yet delectable either hot or cold. Even pizza cannot claim all those qualities.
— Shaun Crawford's forced fumble at Michigan State. The Spartans were literal inches from cutting the Irish lead to 21-7. The junior cornerback's heady play to not only force the fumble at the goal line but then to also recover it opened the door for a 28-0 halftime lead. Much like Tranquill's recovery against USC, this low-key highlight need not be forgotten as the season's end nears.
— Pilot travel centers. Some things can be explained only after eight separate 1,000-mile roundtrip treks of I-94. The hot dogs are tolerable and cost-efficient, the bathrooms clean, the ease of access from the road quick. Not much else can be asked for in this life.
20 — Quenton Nelson, and not just for the above manhandling of Kelly after winning at Michigan State. The senior left guard and captain has been the best player for Notre Dame this season. It is unlikely he accepts Kelly's offer of the coach's parking spot to return next season, nor should Nelson do so.
— Mike McGlinchey. The fifth-year left tackle and captain's on-field performance has been outdone by only Nelson, and McGlinchey's off-field candor is unrivaled.
— The combination of Nelson and McGlinchey. The two have shifted the line of scrimmage all season. Their dominance allows the Irish to focus any blocking assistance on the right side entirely. It creates a litany of running design possibilities between combination blocks and/or pulling schemes. The two stand alone in many respects.
Such a hand-in-hand fit along an offensive line is rare in the NFL and nearly unheard of in college football. As great as the left guard/left tackle combination of Chris Watt and Zack Martin was just a few years ago — and it was superb — Nelson and McGlinchey have raised the bar even further, both in individual excellence and in the innate chemistry developed by starting alongside each other for multiple seasons.
— Asinine notes courtesy of a character named Edgar starting a thought process of actual, usable fixes.
— Robert Hainsey's emergence this year. The freshman right tackle has complemented sophomore Tommy Kraemer wonderfully, making for a complete offensive line rather than only 80 percent of one.
"There's been some learning curves," Kelly said. "But standing here right now going into the last game, if you ask me about playing two first-time starters, I'm pleased with their performance."
— The comfort that emergence provides when pondering the 2018 offensive line. Kelly and Irish offensive line coach Harry Hiestand could have reasonably hoped for one genuine starter to emerge at right tackle this season. To come up with two-fifths of next year's line is a luxury unexpected but happily welcomed.
— There is an establishment directly across Angela Boulevard from Notre Dame's campus. After every home game, "Things We Learned" relies on its wifi, its understanding and — especially after night games — its late hours. Even after day games, TWL needs midnight to fly by before conclusion, and that shelter provides a comfortable and nearby venue to function within.
— Offensive sets featuring two running backs, especially when both sophomore Tony Jones and junior Josh Adams are healthy. When afforded that availability, Long has made it a habit to put defenses in compromising positions by moving Jones out wide or using him as a lead blocker. Most every possible play design is feasible with both those ballcarriers in those alignments.
— The "33 Trucking" campaign to get Adams into Heisman contention was short-lived, but it did provide one excellent video.
30 — 70 miles per hour speed limits. Even this memory's relatively short lifespan notices that uptick.
— Kevin Stepherson's perseverance to return. The sophomore receiver could have found many easier options than sitting out this year's first four games, staying engaged the entire time and working his way back into the offensive scheme.
— Caffeinated gum. Before turning to those aforementioned bottles of 5-Hour Energy in the second half, coffee's faster-acting cousin carries these fingers through the first quarter each week.
— The Irish do not have to return to Miami and Hard Rock Stadium until 2025, unless they end up in the Orange Bowl at some point, which would likely be considered a good problem to have, even if the last two trips to that venue have been complete and utter debacles. If anything, that description is being generous.
— ACC bowl tie-ins. A loss this weekend would send Notre Dame to Orlando for either the Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1) or the Camping World Bowl (Dec. 28). Before the deal with the ACC, it would be much more difficult to provide such a prognostication, and the options posited would be nowhere near as alluring, even after a 9-3 season.
— The College Football Playoff, a debate worth embracing. Arguing with computers in the days of the BCS never felt like the best use of time. At least now conversations can be based on logic, even if that logic is regarding whether a loss to Iowa State is a greater negative than a loss at Miami.
— Noon kickoffs. Oh, wait, well, never mind. 5 p.m. local time could be worse, though it may not be great for anyone hoping to view from London when that local time is on the Pacific coast.
— An unexpected Maui Invitational conversation at an airport bar. Take basketball chats wherever you can find them.
— Exit interviews. Kelly sat down with each and every player following last season to discuss what broader flaws led to the 4-8 disappointment. Suffice it to say, the resulting changes have been noticed. Kelly is yet undecided if he will hold the exit interviews again after this season.
"It was a valuable tool for me last year," he said Sunday. "I'll certainly give it some thought after we complete this game, but my focus really is on just trying to prepare our guys this week."
— Keith Arnold's poor judgement of capability, competence and character. Truly, thank you, Keith. I raise this glass of nine-year-old Foursquare Rum to you, good sir.
40 — Online commentators. Hopefully placing this acknowledgement here shows where it is amid priorities — last really is least — but still provides enough lip service to serve its purpose. If nothing else, some of those comments justify some other, shall we say, 40 thoughts.
And In That Corner … The No. 21 Stanford Cardinal and (maybe) Bryce Love
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Both Notre Dame and Stanford can still get to 10 wins before a bowl game, though the path for the Cardinal is a bit tougher. The Irish need to win one game, though it is at a place where they haven't found a victory in a decade. Stanford needs to beat Notre Dame, have Washington top Washington State, and then the Cardinal could proceed to the Pac 12 title game for a rematch with USC.
The focus today is on this weekend, naturally. For some insight, let's turn to Jacob Rayburn of the Cardinal Sports Report.
DF: Obviously the story this year has been Bryce Love. When he's healthy, I'd argue he is the most explosive running back in college football. But, much like the Irish backfield, ankle issues have nagged at Love for most of the season. How is he this week?
JR: Bryce Love's ankle and whether he will play is the mystery of the week. Love wasn't able to finish the Big Game win over Cal and missed most of the fourth quarter of a three-point game. Love has a very high pain tolerance but it was too much Saturday after he was once again rolled on by a defender. He has done a fantastic job of playing the past couple weeks despite the fact that he has only one healthy ankle.
There are a number of Stanford fans on the forum arguing it's not worth him playing this week. There is a chance the Cardinal will play USC in the conference championship game the following Friday, so a short week after a physical game would be troublesome.
Love's scouting report is speed, speed, speed. He is more than that, though. What about his game sets him apart? Not that this is applicable this week, but curiosity forces me to ask, what kind of NFL future do you see for him?
His vision is excellent and he is much tougher to bring down than people think. The vision he has to spot not even a running lane but just a tiny gap between bodies is incredible. Love regularly slides through the smallest opening to break off a run that few other running backs would even try, let alone be able to do.
He's had some bad luck with injuries the past two seasons that may raise questions about his durability. But when a 300-pound human falls on your ankle it doesn't matter it if you're a 220-pound running back or a 190-pound running back. It hurts.
Love's speed alone makes him valuable for an NFL team, but his draft stock will also be determined by his ability to catch the ball — which he hasn't been asked to do much this season, but he can — and if he can stop a blitzing defender. But even as a situational back and returner he would add great value to a team. He's too talented a runner for a skilled offensive play caller not to find successful ways to use him.
Love has been the engine to the Cardinal offense this year partly because of some uncertainty at quarterback. Head coach David Shaw has now settled on sophomore K.J. Costello, but only a month ago he was hardly playing. Senior Keller Chryst had the honors then. We should expect Costello this weekend, right? What does he bring to the table that Chryst lacks?
There really isn't a major difference in the skillset of the two quarterbacks, although when healthy Chryst is the better runner. But Chryst's inconsistency was his undoing. He was capable of delivering NFL caliber throws one week against Oregon and then in the next game against Oregon State nearly throw multiple interceptions.
It would be simplistic to describe Costello as a gunslinger, but there is some merit to describing him such. He can make more happen with his arm than Chryst and his personality seems to bring out more energy from the team. Chryst is a tough kid who worked very hard to return to the team from a knee injury in the Sun Bowl, but Costello better balances the offense.
Costello didn't see the field when Stanford slipped past Oregon State on Oct. 26. Neither did Love. Yet, that was the one game most people actually might have seen, played on a Friday night with little competition for eyeballs. What in the world happened that night? The Cardinal had been rolling along, winning four straight with three of them by at least 10 points. Was the offensive ineptitude entirely because of those two absences?
Not having Love really hurt but generally there were some major steps backward that Friday. As you pointed out there were positive signs in the previous four games that the offense's worst days were behind it. That clearly wasn't the case and fits into the narrative of this season that this Stanford team has been very difficult to figure out.
The Oregon State defense played inspired and there is something about playing up in Corvallis that does funky things to visitors. It has been a major trip for Pac-12 teams. Stanford's offensive line wasn't able to dominate the line of scrimmage like people expected in that game. And without Love, none of the running backs had the ability to turn a small opening into a big run.
Stanford's rush defense is decidedly average, allowing 171.7 yards per game, good for No. 70 in the country heading into this weekend. Notre Dame's rush offense is much better than average. What chance does the Cardinal have of slowing down that ground attack? Will Shaw sell out on that effort, daring Irish junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush to produce through the air?
Every week has been a challenging experience for Stanford defensive coordinator Lance Anderson to figure out a new way to keep opponents out of the end zone. Really there aren't any statistics that show Stanford is a great defense and in some categories they aren't even good. But the Cardinal are allowing only 21 points per game.
I expect Stanford to go all in to stop Notre Dame's run game. This Cardinal defensive front is not a dominant group, even though they have one of the best interior players in the conference and even the country with senior defensive tackle Harrison Phillips. But the front seven has been inconsistent and was hurt significantly when inside linebacker Sean Barton suffered a season-ending injury at San Diego State in week three. Bobby Okereke is playing very well in the middle of the field and they would have been a formidable duo at this point in the season.
Entering the season, expectations were not as high for Stanford as they may have been in the recent past. That's what happens when you lose two top-10 NFL Draft picks, one on each side of the ball. Yet, here the Cardinal are, with a chance to win the conference and head to a playoff-eligible bowl at 10-3. How much has this been seen as a "down" year in those parts? Has David Shaw's performance this season earned the praise it likely deserves?
It has been a down year in the sense that Stanford's inconsistency has left wins on the field. The loss to USC was completely understandable because the Trojans played like a playoff-caliber team that night. Sam Darnold and that offense looked better in that game than most of the rest of the regular season.
But losing to San Diego State and Washington State, and nearly suffering a stunning upset at Oregon State, were disconcerting for a variety of reasons. The loss to Washington State really hit the team hard because it was a painful missed opportunity to take control of the North Division. After that game Shaw went further to publicly criticize his own performance as a playcaller than he ever has before. There was a feeling that Stanford was at a tipping point where things could really go bad.
But the team has rallied since and they have a chance for another 10-win season. If Stanford can maintain that as the "down season" standard then that's something fans can live with.
With a 2.5-point spread in Notre Dame's favor, bookmakers have this one pegged as closer than I expected. Perhaps that has to do with a decade's worth of Irish struggles at The Farm. What do you expect to see unfold this weekend?
I think a lot has to go right for Stanford, especially on defense, to keep Notre Dame close. If Josh Adams and the Irish offensive line have their way it would be a very tough night for the Cardinal defense. I don't expect Bryce Love to play in the game but anything could happen with someone as determined as him. Welcoming back tight end Dalton Schultz and wide receiver Connor Wedington — who missed the Cal game due to injuries — will help Costello keep the game close with the passing game.
I have Notre Dame by 10 points.
Notre Dame's Opponents and Playoff Competition: Results and Upcoming
Winning at Stanford would give Notre Dame its third win over a team in this week's College Football Playoff selection committee top 25, with the Cardinal moving up one spot to No. 21 on Tuesday.
In Irish coach Brian Kelly's mind, that résumé might yet warrant Playoff consideration.
"Our mission is still to hold out hope for one of the Playoff spots," Kelly said Tuesday. "… It's trying to prepare [his team] for one more game and finishing off the season on a high note."
Kelly's mission may be far-fetched, though he is certainly aware of as much. However, it is not yet beyond fathoming.
"If you're in the top eight, you're strongly considered," Kelly said. "… The teams that are up there have all had one bad day, and we had one bad day, too."
Remaining at No. 8, Notre Dame will need a few teams to have another bad day in the next two weekends. This past bland weekend left the top 12 largely unchanged, only Miami moving up to No. 2, knocking Clemson down to No. 3. A conspiracy theorist might think that set the groundwork for a tight Clemson victory in the ACC title game next weekend leading to both ACC finalists making the Playoff. With that in mind, make the first Irish-preferred domino a Miami victory in that game.
Kelly should also hope No. 6 Auburn beats No. 1 Alabama this weekend before losing to No. 7 Georgia next weekend. No. 5 Wisconsin topping No. 9 Ohio State next weekend in the Big Ten championship would likely aid Notre Dame's cause, as would No. 12 TCU upsetting No. 4 Oklahoma in the Big 12 final.
That scenario would leave Georgia, Miami and Wisconsin as likely locks for the Playoff. The conversation around the fourth Playoff spot would revolve around a one-loss Alabama, a two-loss Clemson, a two-loss Oklahoma, a two-loss TCU and a two-loss Notre Dame.
Of course, that all only comes into consideration if the Irish beat Stanford this weekend.
Arguments could be made for each of those five possibilities. Spending time on those could quickly be time spent on fantasy if all five of those dominos do not fall perfectly.
In that case, it remains simple for Notre Dame. Beat the Cardinal and make a Playoff-eligible bowl, which one likely depending on if Miami makes the Playoff or not. If the Hurricanes are in the Playoff, then the Irish may be heading back to Miami Gardens and the Orange Bowl. If Miami lands at its home venue, than a Notre Dame victory this weekend should send Kelly to the Cotton Bowl.
An Irish loss in Palo Alto still sends them to Orlando in one form or another, be it the Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1, 1 p.m. ET) or the Camping World Bowl (Dec. 28, 5:15 p.m.).
As a refresher of the Playoff contenders and their remaining slates:
1) Alabama: at No. 6 Auburn; with a victory in the Iron Bowl, then head to face No. 7 Georgia in the SEC championship.
2) Miami: at Pittsburgh, vs. No. 3 Clemson.
3) Clemson: at No. 24 South Carolina, vs. No. 2 Miami.
4) Oklahoma: vs. West Virginia; most likely vs. No. 12 TCU in the Big 12 title game, though the Horned Frogs have not secured that finish just yet.
5) Wisconsin: at Minnesota; vs. No. 9 Ohio State.
6) Auburn: vs. No. 1 Alabama; with a victory in the Iron Bowl, then head to face No. 7 Georgia in the SEC championship.
7) Georgia: at Georgia Tech; vs. the Iron Bowl victor.
8) Notre Dame: at No. 21 Stanford.
9) Ohio State: at Michigan; vs. No. 5 Wisconsin.
Notre Dame's Opponents
Temple (5-6): The Owls lost 45-19 to undefeated Central Florida. Temple now needs to beat Tulsa (4 p.m. ET; ESPN News) to secure bowl eligibility. The Owls are favored by three with a combined point total over/under of 59, indicating a 31-28 conclusion.
Georgia (10-1): The Bulldogs trounced Kentucky 42-13, cashing in on another efficient performance from freshman quarterback Jake Fromm, who finished 9-of-14 passing for 123 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Georgia is favored by 11 against Georgia Tech (12 p.m. ET; ABC), an over/under of 51.5 pointing to a 31-20 result.
Boston College (6-5): The Eagles secured a 13th game to the season by beating Connecticut 39-16 in Fenway Park, even though they were without starting quarterback junior Anthony Brown. Freshman running back A.J. Dillon picked up the slack, taking 24 carries for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Boston College now travels to Syracuse (12:20 p.m. ET; ACC Network) as 3.5-point favorites with an over/under of 56.5, roughly equaling a 30-27 score.
Michigan State (8-3): The Spartans moved up one spot to No. 16 in the CFP poll after beating Maryland 17-7. They can't win the Big Ten, but they can win at Rutgers (4 p.m. ET; FOX), favored by nearly two touchdowns with a 26-13 decision sounding reasonable only if Michigan State comes out flat.
Miami (OH) (5-7): The RedHawks season ended Tuesday night with a 28-7 win at Ball State. Entering the year with seemingly-realistic aspirations of winning the MAC, missing out on a bowl game entirely makes for quite the disappointing season for former Irish assistant Chuck Martin.
North Carolina (3-8): The Tar Heels won their second straight, beating FCS-level Western Carolina 65-10. That win streak is likely to come to an end at North Carolina State (3:30 p.m. ET; ESPNU) this weekend. The Wolfpack is a 16-point favorite with an over/under of 56. Quick math makes for a 36-20 Tar Heels loss.
USC (10-2): After a 28-23 victory over UCLA, the No. 11 Trojans can finally enjoy a week off, their first of the season, before the Pac 12 title game next Friday. They will face either Washington State or Stanford then, depending if the Cougars beat Washington this weekend.
North Carolina State (7-4): A 30-24 loss to Wake Forest is the first real letdown of a loss for the Wolfpack since the season opener, only otherwise dropping games to Notre Dame and Clemson.
Wake Forest (7-4): Head coach Dave Clawson can put the final cherry on top of a resoundingly-successful 2017 with a victory against Duke (12:30 p.m. ET; ACC Network). Bookmakers certainly expect as much from the Deacons, making them 12-point favorites with an over/under of 58, leading to a 35-23 projected score.
Miami (11-0): The Hurricanes overcame a slow start to top Virginia 44-28. Just shy of two-touchdown favorites for its trip to Pittsburgh on Friday (12:00 p.m. ET; ABC), Miami will be fine with a 33-19 victory.
Navy (6-4): The Midshipmen will look to rebound from their 24-17 defeat at Notre Dame by traveling to Houston on Friday (12 p.m. ET; ESPN). While it would be an upset, Navy just might win, only a 4.5-point underdog with an over/under of 55. That's a theoretical 30-25 nod toward the Cougars.
Stanford (8-3): The Cardinal put the pressure on Washington State to keep it out of the Pac 12 title game by beating Cal 17-14. After starting 1-2, this has been a strong turnaround for David Shaw's charges. As of this early Wednesday a.m. typing, Stanford welcomes Notre Dame as 2.5-point underdogs with an over/under of 57. Hypothetically, that points to the Irish prevailing 30-27.
It should be noted, that over/under ticked upward by two points after Shaw said star junior running back Bryce Love is "day-to-day" Tuesday.
Questions for the week: If without St. Brown, who will Notre Dame turn to?
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Equanimeous St. Brown may not have matched his breakout sophomore season of a year ago, but his junior year has been nothing to scoff at. Despite being held without a catch in Notre Dame's 24-17 victory over Navy on Saturday, primarily due to injury, the junior receiver stands second in all Irish receiving categories.
If St. Brown is not cleared from the concussion protocol by the end of the week, he will be missed at Stanford (8 p.m. ET; ABC).
How will Notre Dame adjust without its most consistent receiver?
St. Brown has 26 catches for 357 yards and three touchdowns this season. Sophomore Chase Claypool exceeds the first two figures and sophomore Kevin Stepherson caught his third and fourth touchdowns against the Midshipmen. Those two are the obvious candidates to replace St. Brown's production.
That applies to Stepherson more than Claypool, despite the greater physical disparity from St. Brown. Simply enough, Stepherson's continued increase in prevalence in the Irish passing game would likely surpass a healthy St. Brown this weekend.
The other possibility is junior Miles Boykin. In St. Brown's absence this past weekend, Boykin caught two passes for 33 yards. His physicality and skillset most mirrors St. Brown's, and plugging him into any three-receiver sets would allow Stepherson and Claypool to stick to the roles they regularly rehearse.
Will Notre Dame slow Stanford star running back Bryce Love? Rather, will the Irish need to?
Continued ankle and lower leg injuries have hampered Love for much of the season now. They kept him on the sidelines when the Cardinal barely slipped past Oregon State a few weeks ago, and they limited his fourth quarter this past weekend during Stanford's 17-14 victory against Cal. The junior finished with 101 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. Backup Cameron Scarlett added 61 yards on 14 carries.
In the fourth quarter, Love took four carries for 11 total yards. For a running threat rarely stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage, it was startling to see him take one of those carries to the line and no further while another gained just one yard.
Thus, there seems to be some logic to Stanford keeping Love sidelined once more. If Washington beats Washington State on Saturday — played concurrently on FOX with the game at hand — then the Cardinal heads to the Pac-12 title game. As much as Stanford undoubtedly wants to beat Notre Dame, there are many more rewards available for winning the conference, such as a nice New Year's holiday spent in Phoenix, Ariz., instead of a Christmas week spent at home preparing for the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, Calif.
Will there be any movement within the College Football Playoff poll?
When it comes to tonight's poll, not much, if any, of note. Few games registered on the national radar last week, and none resulted in top-10 upsets.
One development affects it looking forward, though. West Virginia quarterback Will Grier underwent finger surgery Sunday and will not lead the Mountaineers against Oklahoma as a result (3:45 p.m. ET; ESPN). If West Virginia ever stood a chance at the upset — and greatly helping any Irish dreams of still reaching the Playoff — it was likely going to need an otherworldly performance from Grier.
With a win this weekend, the Sooners would all but assure themselves priority over Notre Dame, even if Oklahoma loses to TCU in the Big 12 championship.
Will Miami finish the regular season undefeated?
Similarly, a win this weekend should lock the Hurricanes ahead of the Irish no matter next week's results. Miami heads to Pittsburgh (12 p.m. ET on Friday; ABC), but that should not be seen as the sure thing instinct might imply it is. A mere 54 weeks ago, a middling Panthers team upset the No. 3 team in the country, stopping Clemson's pursuit of a perfect slate.
Can Georgia survive Georgia Tech's option?
Again, a Bulldogs win (12 p.m. ET, ABC) should secure them a nice spot in any chaos-filled future pecking order. However, that will not be an easy task. Paul Johnson will be sure of that.
Can North Carolina State hit the over?
This may not be as consequential, but before the season, this space predicted the Wolfpack would exceed 7.5 wins this regular season, and a win over North Carolina (3:30 p.m. ET; ESPNU) is needed for that cause.
Lastly, remember folks, you won't nod off late Thursday afternoon because turkey has an excess of tryptophan. Chicken actually has more per ounce. Rather, you simply ate too much of the fowl.


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Jo hona tha so ho gaya, abb koi rona dhona naheen, chup raho.
(Be quiet, be quiet now, I am telling you be quiet. Whatever has happened has happened. Now it's over. Now be silent.)
Sorry widow.
A widow is just a widow. No, she is not a woman, that creature of flesh and blood.
A being of aspirations, of fancy, of imagination. She is just a mere shadow of her former self. Discussing the definition further would bring confusion; hence let us give it a burial here. A quiet one at that.
The ways of mourning have changed or remained the same? And the ways of consoling the suffering people? Should they undergo some change, too? May be a big change.
There she was, surrounded by women.
I sat mute and dumb, as that male relative was speaking to her, asking her to shut up, just shut up.
Innocent face, washed by tears, just like you find a cute kid's face smeared with mud after a wish fulfilling play. The play was over for her.
People were saying all kinds of things.
Now try to be happy, happy for the sake of your children, this is fate, what else can you do now? [What else…hmm..really? Guys, can she remarry, after her iddah? ] Just have patience, sabr , sabr. There were some sane voices too, some reasonable whispers. And some irrational, foolish noises sparking irritation. Despite the consolations, some empty, some sincere, the thick air of gloom sat there. Perhaps it too had got widowed.
How can it come so easy for the mourners? A woman had lost her whole world. Her whole world. Her children? They won't ever know what the love and cool shade of a father figure is. In all probability she would be a single mother, from now onwards.
People [mostly] were trying to console her in their own individual ways, some crying and weeping with her, others not quite so. Some gentlewomen[like some gentlemen] were telling the widow how she will miss the loving words of her husband now, how his soothing presence will no more be hers, while describing sheepishly how their own husbands can't remain separated from them even for a few days , when they go for the annual trip to their mother's home.
Does cruelty mean beating a helpless lonely man with an iron rod? No, it means to derive pleasure out of the vulnerability of another human being. I could not bear to sit near her for long and came out.
I tried glancing around. There were women everywhere mostly. Some had come in their finery and bright clothes, making it seem like it was an occasion, to dress up and show off; at a funeral. Mobile phones were ringing nonstop. Women, men were taking out the glamorous gadgets out of their pockets /purses, to chat. I could hear them. One was asking her kids to eat well and another was telling her friend about their common fashion designer's new outlet. Some older ladies were clustered together, trying to disseminate the issue the Ladies Style. Actually, (itwas revealed to me in hushed whispers that..) it was that 'evil' widow herself who cau77sed her husband's untimely death. She used to be quite angry with her husband for his absences.
She gave lots of, 'tension' to him, one said. A woman, who doesn't respect her husband, goes widow; a Ma-in law was as firm in her conviction as some good people are about the Vedic origins of an areoplane. It was written in her fate, in the fate of her family. This was aunt Faiza speaking, shaking her head in her unique style, from left to right and then yes, from right to left. She began explaining and I listened in sheer horror. In her [the fresh widow's] family, women get widowed early, ill fated gals, they all are, she was firm. She had conveyed the widowing tendency of these women to her Ma-in law and particularly asked to not marry in that family. She seemed proud to declare these forever unverified truths. Not to mention that arrangements were made and seen to be made by some well wishers, for these comments to reach the ears of the widow.
Measure for Measure: Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with that judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure you meet, it shall be measured unto you again.(Matthew 7:1-2)
Our sensitivities in general have become blunt. Don't we usually have dinner when Prime Time news horror of violence is being dished out along with Dal Makhni and Chicken butter masala? We gulp and slurp amid the everyday soap operas of on screen gory images of bloodied flesh; flashing from every corner of the world, where someone's loved one is/are being ambushed. Unfortunate.
Nevertheless this particular hoard of mourners needed to be educated. Their mourning etiquettes need a serious overhaul.
Who knows better than me? Or say, may be I know a few things, been there and done that!
Me who has been consoled for the passing away of two of my children especially for my thirteen year old beautiful daughter, Sanaa' a few years ago. People said good things mostly; few tried to belittle the sorrow, saying its nothing, and that you will forget her soon. Forget?
One lives with a child's death. But people say what they say. The only option is to bear but can't afford to grin! I was told a myriad things. I was called the most unfortunate [Yes, I was.] I was told how I shall miss the playful fights between the siblings now that only one among the two remains.
That was true but must truth be spoken all the time???
I survived. I dealt with taunts, with insinuations about the unfortunate mother too being ill-omened, for the new born children. People avoided me. My closest of relations behaved this way and came back to see me only when my second daughter was born two years after the demise of the first one.
The woman called widow too is stamped with this most unfortunate of labels, of being ill-omened.
While a widow is called unfortunate, condemned forever; a widower is consoled and comforted in measures unbelievable. Not to mention urging almost forcing him to marry quick and fast. It indeed is not Measure for Measure. Now who cares if we have been asked by our Prophet Muhammad PBUH to never delay a widow's marriage, when a suitable match is found. I come back to the widow.
Solitary figure, solemn, reticent, perhaps reflecting, on the bewildering Ways of the World. She didn't yet know that from now onwards, most women would resent her being. They will not allow her near a bride, fearing her ill fate might get rubbed on her. What a murder women commit of a woman!
She would be shunned at gatherings, pitying looks will be cast in her direction, and women would doubt her and won't allow their men to talk to her, even if for some extreme necessity.
Maybe she would take their husband away? Hmm…How insulting! Yes all these things happen and maybe much more than what I narrate here.
Perhaps this Widow+Woman expression is what that miserable widowed wife of Walt Whitman's Captain was mumbling under her breath,
O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done,
You've fallen cold and dead.
Cold and dead, was not just her husband.
Our sensibilities, our sensitivities, our sympathies, our compassion, our kindliness, our understanding, all lie dead when a woman goes widow.


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DEFINITION of 'SEC Form 24F-2EL'
A discontinued filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), also known as the "Annual Notice of Securities Sold By an Investment Company". It includes the total number of shares and corresponding dollar amount, that have been sold by the investment company during the previous year.
BREAKING DOWN 'SEC Form 24F-2EL'
SEC Form 24F-2EL was discontinued and replaced by SEC Form 24-2NT. That does not mean however that previously filed Form 24F-2EL's will be removed from the EDGAR system or become unavailable to the public.
Related SEC Forms N-1, N-2, 24F-2NT, 24F-2EL


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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Love blogging, love coffee!
I was at a client's house today and she showed me a print she had just received in the mail. When she pulled out the I Love You Blogs and Coffee print I said "I know Made by Girl!" I asked myself why I have waited so long to order one of those for myself!! So as soon as I got home I placed an order. I have the perfect spot in my kitchen.
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Friday, July 23, 2010
A little something I'm working on
I am putting together some ideas for a client's kitchen nook and this is what I've come up with so far. Still a work in progress but I'm in love with the fabric and I think it will look great on the kitchen chairs. The chairs will actually be cane backed chairs but this gives you the idea.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Equestrian chic
Lately I have been drawn to beautiful paintings or photography of horses. I may have more of an appreciation because I was lucky enough to own a horse when I was young but I have never felt the urge to display it in my home. Now I am reconsidering! I thought these were lovely and would add a really graphic element to any room.
via Etsy by Sly Dog photograpy
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Black and white
Black and white makes such a statement.
Viceroy patio Kelly Wearstler
One of my favourite wallpapers through Design Public
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
I am in love with this bathroom! The tile, the feather pendant, the tub. It is absolutely stunning.
courtesy of Canadian House and Home
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Back from South Pender Island
Just got back from a little boat trip over to South Pender Island and had a great time! We docked the boat at a place called Poet's Cove and spent some time reading, drinking good wine, swimming and touring the Island. The kids thoroughly enjoyed it and so did the adults!
The marina
Freshly grown ingredients for the restaurant
The most beautiful gardens
Morning Bay winery
Hope Bay Cafe
Fish anyone?
I think Avery made .25 cents that day, she was thrilled!
Artwork to pass the time
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Sixties Dissident Movement Museum
Next stop will take you to the times, showing a completely different era in the history of Ukraine. 60 years of the XX century is known to anyone who is familiar with the history of Ukraine as a period of persecution of the cultural elite. The Ukrainian Sixties Dissident Movement Museum (33-a Honchara St.) was founded by former political prisoner, a victim of Soviet. The exhibition consists of documents, creative achievements, personal things of dissidents. These items prove the plight of intellectuals. You can take a tour, accompanied by a contemporary of the events.
You can relax after a tour in the panoramic restaurant Matisse (56-a B. Khmelnytskoho St.). It is located on the 15th floor of City Hotel (56 B. Khmelnytskoho St). You will be able to look at historical Kyiv from bird's-eye view. The staff of the restaurant offers you a new kind of service, which is known in Europe and America as Community Chef. In addition, for your convenience, you can settle in modern and comfortable rooms of this hotel.
Museum of the History of Kyiv
If you wish to continue your cultural journey, you can visit the Museum of the History of Kyiv (7 B. Khmelnytskoho St). You will discover more about the past of the city, the history of its founding and development, details of territorial expansion and creation of new districts. In addition, you will see some features of household items of Kiev. Paintings, icons, books, etc are also presented here.
National Museum of Natural History
You can visit the National Museum of Natural History (15 B. Khmelnytskoho St.). 30 thousand different exhibits are presented there. They show the history of the plant and animal life on Earth, the planet's geological evolution, as well as tangible evidence of the culture of the peoples inhabiting the territory of Ukraine.
You can have a dinner in a luxurious restaurant Lun Van (26 B. Khmelnytskoho St). You will move to the Imperial Palace of China from the Yaroslav's ancient state. Chef Su Yunsuan offers you a variety of Chinese dishes. Experts say that Peking Duck and shrimp Dasya are the most delicious here.
Opera House
Do not lose the chance to see the construction of the Opera House in Kyiv city night lights. You can also rent a comfortable room at the Opera hotel (53 B. Khmelnytskoho St). Its building is located next to the Opera House. The hotel is situated very close to Saint Sophia's Cathedral and Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral. So you can continue your excursion into the past next day in another part of the old Kyiv.


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FOX NEWS — New York education officials are defending a hotly debated plan to allow illegal immigrants to be certified as public school teachers.
Saying the district doesn't want to "close the door on their dreams," state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia explained those eligible for the teaching certification came to America as children.
"They are American in every way but immigration status," said Elia. "They've done everything right. They've worked hard in school, some have even served in the military, but when it's time to apply for a license, they're told, 'Stop. That's far enough.'"
The regents oversee 3.2 million students in 700 school districts as well as 7,000 libraries, 900 museums and 52 professions requiring more than 850,000 licensees. The controversial decision also enables the board to award licenses to illegal aliens in at total of 54 professions, including engineers, pharmacists and dentistry.
But the decision doesn't sit well with many who believe the policy violates federal law and prevents lawful citizens from getting jobs they are qualified for.


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Henry Ford said, "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." This is so true when trying to find additional profit from client accounts (if you are a building service contractor) or money in a facility's cleaning and maintenance budget (if you are an in-house facility manager).
Both contractors and facility managers should be able to wrangle up more money in the budget by properly maintaining a building's assets. Not only does long-term planning protect the lifespan of a facility's assets—such as carpet and flooring—but spending money to clean and upkeep these items on a regular basis can help to save money in the long run.
According to the Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI), "Carpet is an excellent item to discuss, because it is so straightforward to accomplish extending the useful life of this type of flooring." Below are steps on how to properly maintain and extend the life of your carpet, and how a long-term carpet care maintenance program can help your organization's budget over time.
According to CRI, a customized comprehensive carpet care program consists of five elements:
"It's a good idea to invest in extra walk-off mats," said Pat Jennings, director of standards and specifications at CRI, in a 2015 Cleaning and Maintenance Management article on winter carpet care. "But be sure to clean them, because it doesn't do carpet any good for people to wipe their feet off on dirty mats and then track the soil and moisture onto the carpet."
It was not many years ago that vacuums were heavy, and custodians could get more dirt cleaning out the cloth bag than they had accumulated using the vacuum in the first place. If you purchase and take care of a good vacuum, you can extend its life by five years, which in the long term, can save your organization money. This is especially true if your staff takes loving care of each vacuum.
The following tips from, "How to Extend the Life of Your Vacuum Cleaner," an article by Jean Hanson published at www.thejanitorialstore.com, outline the process for extending each vacuums' lifespan.
The return on investment in savings and increased reliability from a proactive rather than reactive approach to carpet care and asset management has been proven time and time again. This type of program will increase your profits and keep your equipment running efficiently, thereby reducing unnecessary utilities and costs.
The time and money spent on preventive and predictive maintenance is a key indicator of "pay now or pay later." John F. Kennedy said it best: "There are risks and costs to a program of action; but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction."


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Revenge of the Middle-aged Woman Paperback
by Elizabeth Buchan
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman is the bestselling novel from Elizabeth Buchan.
Rose Lloyd was the last to suspect that Nathan, her husband of over twenty years, was having an affair, and that he was planning to leave her.
But the greatest shock was yet to come; for his mistress was Rose's colleague and friend, Minty.
Left alone in their once-happy family home, where she and Nathan had brought up their children.
Rose started thinking - about the man she'd married, and how well she really knew him.
About the carefree yet studious girl she had been before she met him.
Twenty years ago she had to make the choice between two very different lives.
Could she now recapture what she nearly chose back then, a life where she put herself first?Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman is a compelling and heart-warming novel from bestselling author Elizabeth Buchan.Praise for Elizabeth Buchan:'Gorgeously well-written - funny, sad, sophisticated' Independent'Beautifully observed, with the insight and humour that one has come to expect from the author' Times'Compelling, compassionate, and aglow with moments of laugh-or-cry humour' Mail on Sunday'Buchan is a cut above the rest' Sunday MirrorElizabeth Buchan is the author of twelve novels, including the bestselling and prize-winning Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, That Certain Age and The Second Wife, all of which received rave reviews.
She lives in London with her husband and children.
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- Pages: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date: 28/03/2002
- Category: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Review by magst
I was infuriated at Rosie for not fighting. She didn't yell, scream, or pitch a fit about losing her husband and job to Minty. If there is one thing I hate it's a woman acting like a door mat. But Rosie didn't act like a door mat. She fought when she needed too and gave in when she felt like it. She picked up the pieces of her battered heart and went on living. In the end she became a stronger woman then Minty will ever be no matter how often she goes to the gym.
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