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Remembered for his highly commercial approach to pop music, Xavier Cugat (born Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Mingall de Cru y Deulofeo) made an even greater mark as one of the pioneers of Latin American dance music. During his eight-decade-long career, Cugat helped to popularize the tango, the cha-cha, the mambo, and the rhumba. His hits included "El Manicero" in the 1930s, "Perfidia" in 1940, and the original recording of "Babalu" in 1944. Members of Cugat's band included Desi Arnaz, Miguelito Vald�s, Tito Rodriguez, Luis del Campo, Yma Sumac, and his third wife (of four), Abbe Lane. Cugat used the success of his musical career as a springboard for a movie career that included appearances in such films as Gay Madrid (1930), You Were Never Lovelier (1942), Bathing Beauty (1945), Weekend at the Waldorf (1945), Holiday in Mexico (1946), On an Island With You (1948), A Date With Judy (1948), Chicago Syndicate (1955), and Desire Diabolique (1959).
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Went back to old office to take a look today. A place where I spend 15 years. Just nostalgia.
Went back to old office to take a look today. A place where I spend 15 years. Just nostalgia.
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什麼是朋友?朋友永遠是在你犯下不可原諒錯誤的時候,仍舊站在你那邊的笨蛋。~ 王亞瑟
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arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! If only the problems in life can be thrown away into the big wide galaxy to blow up on its own. People or just one person just have this knack of frustrating me so bad. Normally, it's good to work out the problem with them, but times it just saves you the headache by finding other ways and alternatives than involving them. I don't need stress, especially the unnecessary stresses from them. UGH!
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I saw an old man on one of those power wheelchairs on the grass and was trying to get on the pavement. He was having a hard time and kept trying but did not succeed. Finally he got up and had to push the wheelchair to get it on the sidewalk and then got back on it. I saw it happened as I walked by and wasn't sure if I should've help. A part of me wanted to help but I didn't know if the guy wanted any help and I was afraid of getting yelled at cause some people don't want to feel handicap even though they are.
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We simply love kebabs. We serve kebabs for appetizers when hosting guests over. We don't think twice before calling in for kebabs from the local market as a quick snack.
Such is our love for kebabs. Then how is it that we shy away from making kebabs at home? A lot of us believe that cooking kebabs is very tedious as chances of going wrong with the proportions abound. But the truth is rustling up this delectable Mughlai dish is not as cumbersome as previously believed, for it only requires a bit of patience, some flair and a heart for serving good food.


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The urban-design plan will transform the old site of the Oostergasfabriek in Amsterdam into an attractive centre for the borough of Oost/Watergraafsmeer, with a combination of housing, work, a large shopping cluster, sport facilities, a community school, cultural amenities and a new borough office. The former industrial site is wedged between the ring canal and the railway, and is situated on a dead-end route, right behind a shopping street (the Linnaeusstraat).
The brief called for finding ways to tempt the public to enter this hidden zone as deeply as possible from the existing shopping street. Therefore a great deal of attention was devoted not only to as appealing an array of amenities as possible, but also to the right positioning of crowd-pullers and to a varied spatial experience. Sightlines were created from the Linnaeusstraat to the important places and buildings in the area. For example, a plaza was laid out along the water, right at the bend of the ring canal, and all the conspicuous buildings situated around it, like the borough offices. From the Linnaeusstraat bridge you see this welcoming plaza and the buildings prominently situated. Conversely, people in the plaza can look along the length of the water toward the Linnaeusstraat.
The principles of 'serial vision' and 'provisional closure' were applied to create an area in which visitors and users can wander and be constantly surprised. Streets and squares alternate; a different picture is created every 50 metres. The shopping streets are narrow (eight metres), as in a medieval urban fabric, so that the proximity of the street walls becomes palpable.
An important feature of the plan is that the shopping public can follow a circular route rather than an identical journey to and fro. The large shopping and residential block in the middle has been designed so that people can go around it. The parking garage under this building is situated so that visitors coming out of it automatically follow the complete shopping route.
Although the Polderwerg area consists mainly of new-build structures, the remaining industrial buildings of the Oostergasfabriek gas plant will play an important role, especially at its edges. Some of the old plant buildings will be retained and given new functions; for others, only the 'footprint' will be retained. For instance, the large purification buildings have been demolished, but their front and side facades have been reconstructed and re-introduced in the new construction. The circular foot of the gas reservoir forms the foundation for a new round residential building.
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The best coffee in town, and delicious breakfast and lunch. There are typically only one or two folks there working, and they only fill one oder at a time, so be prepared to wait, even if you just order a beverage.
The best coffee in town, and delicious breakfast and lunch. There are typically only one or two folks there working, and they only fill one oder at a time, so be prepared to wait, even if you just order a beverage.
...Not what you would expect at a "roadside" wagon. The food is creative, delicious, and made and served with love...and the tee shirts are awesome.
We were in McCarthy for a quick day trip. We were had some time waiting for the mine shuttle so we stopped at the Roadside Potatohead for a coffee/drink and a snack. It is an interesting place tucked away on a back street. The service and drinks were good. Small shack of a place with definitely an interesting decor. Probably... More
Stopped by the Roadside Potato's booth at the Bodega-fest 2013. I've always been a simple fry kinda person the curliest fries I've had were from a fast food chain. This crew put a twist on my favorite added some rosemary and WOW. Keep an eye out for this hardworking and pleasant team.
My family has eaten there numerous times over the past few years on our way to or from various hiking & camping adventures. All 6 of us LOVE it! Espresso is amazing, salmon burgers with dill sauce are the best I've had anywhere, and the rosemary garlic fries MADE OUR DAY. Three of us 'girls' split the fries, & it... More
The reviewers below have described the Potatohead well, but I have to add my thanks for a great lunch. The pulled pork sandwich was delicious! The kids (and we) enjoyed playing with the Mr Potatoheads while we waited for our order. In Australia, food in a remote location like this would have been ridiculously expensive. Here it was wonderfully reasonable... More
This is a small eatery with a limited interesting fast food menu. Certainly tasty food and excellent value. There aren't many places to eat in McCarthy so this is a good option. Doug and Ulai Kirwin Thaiand
There weren't too many places to eat in McCarthy. Roadside Potatohead provided a good meal at a good price. We also got to catch up on our Mr. Potatohead skills on the counters. One highlight was the availability of a wide range of hot sauces from mild too smokin!
This is a restaurant in a trailer in McCarthy. The French fries are delicious--large portion enough for 2 and served us as our lunch..
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This video shares the views of some of the world's greatest thinkers on Hinduism, Vedas and Bhagavad Gita. The video includes the footage of Robert Oppenheimer talking after the atomic bomb explosion. Apart from the views of great thinkers, the video also includes some of the scientific achievements of ancient
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very interesting and insightful find
till now when I mentioned about Oppenhiemer's mention of Bhagvad Gita, some of my friends always expressed explicit doubt... some even laughed - now no more
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This is very light! When I got it out of the package, I couldn't get it to unfold correctly...just couldn't fully untwist it.I figured that it was defective, so I sent to a picture of the problem to Sea To Summit. They responded that the plastic tube in the brim can take a set if it is kept folded up too long. The remedy that they suggested was to immerse the sink in hot (but not boiling) water, which would allow the brim material to relax into the proper shape. This worked well, although I may do it a gain with just a bit hotter water to see if the last touch of a wave will come out of it.I thought I would just pass along that tip....
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Holds regular classes teaching everything from Sichuanese to Thai cuisines.
Holds regular classes teaching everything from Sichuanese to Thai cuisines.
Begin your vacation with a comfortable and reliable transport from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport to your Chongqing hotel. Once you land, your friendly and professional driver will meet you at the arrivals gate. The private minivan can seat one to four passengers and the private van can seat five to 12 passengers.
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Discover the history of Shanghai's food culture on this small-group walking tour of one of the city's major wet markets. Led by an expert with extensive knowledge and professional experience of the city's food and market industry, your tour of the New Zhenning Lu Market will provide you with an eye-opening experience of age-old Chinese food traditions.
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"The Impact of the Truck"
The International AIDS Conferences, the documentary "The AIDS Catch," and the Policy Review article and ensuing debate were three arenas in which the causation controversy bubbled into clear public view in 1989, 1990, and 1991. Elsewhere, the controversy was not invisible, but it simmered more quietly. In scientific communities and gay communities, in the mainstream press and the alternative press, various players pushed their claims, seeking to establish their credibility or undercut that of others. In the process, dissenters who had been predicted to fade into oblivion instead demonstrated their staying power. This quiet jockeying for position would set the stage for a fierce resurgence of the causation controversy in 1992.
Formal scientific debate continued throughout this period. One exchange that was followed closely by insiders took place in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes between Duesberg and Alfred Evans of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health of the Yale University School of Medicine.[122] Evans was an authority on Koch's postulates and had been writing about them since the 1970s; he emphasized that "the postulates of causation have changed and will continue to change with the new technology and new concepts of pathogenesis." Revealing his historical bent, Evans also noted that Duesberg's offer to be injected with HIV was reminiscent of a similar act by German researcher Max von Pettenkofer. In 1892 at the age of seventy-four, von Pettenkofer drank a milliliter of "a fresh culture of cholera vibrio derived from a fatal case" to attempt to prove his point that cofactors were required to cause the disease. Von Pettenkofer was lucky: he didn't develop serious cholera, although he did have gas and diarrhea for a week afterwards. Evans urged Duesberg not to follow in von Pettenkofer's footsteps.[123]
Duesberg also published articles and letters in Science, Nature, The Scientist , the New England Journal of Medicine , and the Pasteur Institute's Research in Immunology , among other places. In these publications Duesberg tended to restate his earlier views while responding to critics. Increasingly, he invoked other dissenters as allies in his writings, citing work by scientist and nonscientist alike—Jad Adams, Celia Farber, John Lauritsen, Harry Rubin, Joseph Sonnabend, Katie Leishman, Anthony Liversidge, and Gordon Stewart.[124] Robert Root-Bernstein, the young physiologist whose letter to Lancet had attracted Duesberg's notice, also kept busy. He expanded on his position in a
1990 article in a journal called Perspectives in Biology and Medicine . Although careful to maintain an official position of agnosticism, Root-Bernstein stressed the prevalence of risk factors among people with AIDS—chronic or repeated infectious diseases, drug use, anesthetics, antibiotics, semen exposure, blood exposure, and malnutrition.[125]
For the average layperson not inclined to peruse the pages of the medical and scientific journals, the easiest place to learn about the HIV dissidents during this time period was, ironically enough, the pages of Robert Gallo's Virus Hunting , a book for the general reader published in 1991.[126] Though in the past Gallo had declared himself "too busy" even to bother reading Duesberg's articles, this book included an entire chapter entitled "About Causes of Disease (and, in Particular, Why HIV Is the Cause of AIDS)"—a chapter that, amid discussion of Montagnier's mycoplasmas and Root-Bernstein's risk arguments, devoted a full ten pages to refuting Peter Duesberg.
"When are we ready to say that we know the cause of a disease?" asked Gallo, taking aim at the crux of the controversy. "To a greater extent than we might want to believe, there are few hard-and-fast rules [and] certainly no cookbook recipe to follow," he added, noting that Robert Koch "has been taken too literally and too seriously for too long." But most diseases did have a sine qua non , though other factors might contribute to the severity, speed of onset, or likelihood of development. Gallo offered the analogy of head injury in the case of a truck that crashes into a group of bicyclists, some of whom are wearing helmets, some of whom hit concrete, and some of whom are clad in red shirts: "We could argue that the cause of the head injury was concrete, the red shirts, the absence of a helmet, or the truck—but we don't. The impact of the truck is the sine qua non , the cause. The others are influential positive or negative factors or correlations with no influence at all, as in the case of the red shirts."[127] "Of course there are diseases where there is true multifactorial [causation]," Gallo later commented, reflecting on the etiology of some types of cancer. But "HIV causes AIDS, nothing else: you take it away, [AIDS] goes away."[128]
Gallo's book did not dispute the possibility of contributing causes—indeed, over the past few years, he had been proposing that a virus called HHV-6 (human herpes virus, number six) might speed up the process by which HIV destroyed T cells. But HIV could also do its work without HHV-6, while HHV-6 alone did not cause AIDS. HIV, in other words, was both a necessary and sufficient cause. Montagnier,
by contrast, was now proposing that a mycoplasma might be a second necessary cause along with HIV—a claim that Gallo found "astonishing." Montagnier's cofactor theory provided "added longevity to confused and confusing … arguments that HIV is not the primary cause of AIDS," Gallo complained. What particularly irked him was that Montagnier had thereby "lent some support to Duesberg (who, interestingly enough, dismissed Montagnier's idea)."[129]
Gallo could hardly deny that Montagnier had impressive credentials for commenting on questions of medical science. But he was quick to observe that "the vast majority of people who have raised, re-raised, and re-re-raised objections to the conclusion of an HIV cause of AIDS"—here Gallo names Jad Adams, Katie Leishman, Anthony Liversidge, and Chuck Ortleb—"seem to have little or even no experience in science or medicine." What of Duesberg? Gallo acknowledged his colleague's indisputable scientific accomplishments, but stressed that they might not have prepared him to comment credibly on AIDS: "He made very significant contributions to our understanding of the molecular biology of animal (especially chicken) retroviruses many years ago and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. On the other hand, he is not an epidemiologist, a physician, or a public health official. More important, to my knowledge Duesberg has never worked on any naturally occurring disease of animals or on any disease of humans, including AIDS. Nor, I believe, has he ever worked with HIV."[130]
During the 1989–1991 period, Duesberg also continued to receive publicity in the mass media, including a long and generally sympathetic feature article by Garry Abrams in the Los Angeles Times that asked whether the scientist was "Hero or Heretic."[131] Abrams noted that Duesberg was shocked to learn in fall 1990 that the NIH had declined to renew his five hundred thousand-dollar-a-year Outstanding Investigator Grant. While renewal of such grants is far from automatic, the review committee had written that Duesberg had become "less productive, perhaps reflecting a dilution of his efforts with non-scientific issues." This was a serious blow to Duesberg, and Abrams implied that it was direct punishment for heresy, with the phrase "non-scientific issues" serving as a euphemism for Duesberg's campaign against the orthodox position on AIDS.
One symptom of the thickening of debate was that the media began covering the media coverage. USA Today ran an article on Spin magazine, "the only general interest publication pushing [Duesberg's] theory."[132]
Charles Trueheart reported on the Policy Review debate for the Washington Post , suggesting that the authors' emphasis on the role of personal behavior in the cause of AIDS "may explain why their article appears in this conservative journal."[133]Lies of Our Times , an alternative magazine dedicated to policing the writings of the New York Times , complained that the newspaper had never mentioned Duesberg since Philip Boffey's original article in 1988, and it claimed that "the silence of the Times kept Duesberg out of the major media for three years."[134]
Duesberg also was promoted in places like the New York Native by authors like Lauritsen.[135] Elsewhere in the gay press, the causation controversy was a marginal issue but one that provoked periodic heated exchanges. Writing in the Bay Area Reporter , a San Francisco gay newspaper, columnist and AIDS activist Michael Botkin described the "peculiar revival of interest" in Duesberg's theories.[136] Duesberg "continues to be shunned by virtually all serious AIDS activists," wrote Botkin, "but has sparked some interest from heterosexual, HIV-negative, radical-posing journalists." But while some commentators worried about the consequences of knee-jerk anti-expertism, others expressed the opposite concern—that gays were inexplicably naïve and were following the medical establishment like placid sheep. In a discussion of Duesberg's arguments and Montagnier's "startling admission," Ralph Garrett wrote to the San Diego Gay Times: "In the face of such a scandal, among the questions we in the gay community should be asking ourselves is how could we have credulously surrendered our lives and deferred our better judgement to an authority which has proved to be just as corruptible as any other? … What madness could have come over us?"[137]


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Not only did Leslie Frazier reassert his faith in Christian Ponder, the Vikings coach made sure to point out that the rest of his players aren't pointing fingers at the starting quarterback after Sunday's four-turnover performance in a 34-24 season-opening loss at Detroit.
"On Sunday, it was not all about Christian," Frazier said Wednesday as the Vikings amped up their preparation for Sunday's game at Chicago. "He had his mistakes. But the fact is the quarterback position is much more magnified. He just happens to play the position with the most scrutiny. We had other guys, trust me, that when we watched the tape, the scrutiny that needed to be had in those moments, they are well aware that they have to play better. They're not looking only at our quarterback and saying, `If he had done this or that, we would have won that ballgame.' We need to play better across the board."
Those hoping for a quick hook on Ponder can fahgedaboutit, too.
"You don't want to say that you can't get this turned and going in the right direction after just one week," Frazier said. "I just don't think that would be wise."
Frazier also pointed to the team's 4-0 playoff push to end last season -- particularly the playoff-clinching 37-34 win over the Packers -- as proof that Ponder has gotten the job done before.
"That Green Bay game at the end of the year, that was a terrific performance by Christian," Frazier said. "So we've seen him do it on repeated occasions. Consistent play is what we're looking for. We need a good week this week.
"[Ponder's] body of work is somewhat limited. [Sunday] was his second start on opening day and his first on the road [on opening day] a week ago. I have seen him make throws on the run. I have seen him make plays in the pocket, out of the pocket. All you have to do is throw in a tape from last December. There were a number of moments like that. We need consistent good quarterback play for our offense to thrive and for our team to be successful. Christian knows that as well as anybody. There are certain things we can't do. Our margin of error is small. So if we're turning the ball over, it just shrinks our opportunity to win. But I have seen him him make those plays in and out of the pocket."
Frazier, however, did point out that Ponder has to improve his play when things break down around him.
"Not every pocket is going to be clean in the NFL," Frazier said.
Ponder opened his weekly press conference today by saying what 99.9999 percent of all players coming off a loss say to the media. Here's part of the opening statement:
"Well, the good thing about football, especially the NFL, is you got to move on quickly," Ponder said. "Watching the film Monday and Sunday night, a lot of things are easily correctable. We'll get them fixed. We're too good of a team to be making those mistakes. We have to establish the run better. ... And we can't turn the ball over.
"There are things I can do better. That everybody can do better. The running back, the receivers. It's something as an offense, we correct as a whole."
Ponder also subtly dropped in a reference to last year's season-opener in which he directed a long, game-tying drive as time expired against visiting Jacksonville. The Vikings went on to win in overtime.
Asked when he felt the Lions game got away from the Vikings, Ponder said, "The feeling that it got away from us never happened. it was just a couple of bad mistakes. ... We were into it until the very end. We still had time with a couple of minutes left to score two touchdowns. We won a game with 14 seconds left where we had to drive 80 yards or whatever to get a field goal and we did that. So I don't think a game is really ever out of our reach."
In other news, Frazier said everyone is expected to practice today. That includes defensive tackle Kevin Williams, who missed the opener because of a badly strained knee, and center John Sullivan, whose left knee was chopped by Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh during an interception return. Sullivan finished the game. Suh did, too, but his wallet ultimately got lighter by 100 grand when the league fined him on Tuesday.
As the Vikings prepare for Saturday's playoff showdown with Green Bay at Lambeau Field, we asked Tyler Dunne, who covers the Packers for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, to give us his up-close-and-personal scouting report. Here are four things you need to know …
1) The Packers will welcome two key contributors back to the field – one on offense, one on defense.
After missing last Sunday's game with an ankle injury, receiver Randall Cobb has been back at practice all week and progressing nicely, likely to start Saturday night and eager to add some pop to the Packers offense.
On the other side of the ball, defensive back Charles Woodson, a 15th-year veteran, seems likely to return after a nine-game absence due to a broken collarbone.
So which return is more important?
Cobb was Aaron Rodgers' top target during the regular season, registering 80 catches for 954 yards with eight TD catches.
"The Vikings had a little bit of success blitzing Rodgers last week," Dunne said. "He wasn't lights out like he usually is against that. But I'd have to think having Cobb back in the slot and on the same page, that's a big cure for that. And it's been a long time since we've seen the Packers offense with both Cobb and Greg Jennings together, both at full strength, playing their best. That's a big deal."
As for Woodson, his last action came on Oct. 21 in St. Louis. With the Packers having significant confidence in a young secondary that includes Casey Hayward, M.D. Jennings and Jerron McMillian, Woodson's veteran presence isn't mandatory but should help. His versatility allows defensive coordinator Dom Capers to unleash his impressive creativity as well.
"As good as those young guys have been, they all had key errors in that game last week," Dunne said. "So there's definitely room for Woodson."
Now it remains to be seen just how extensive a role Woodson will be able to take on, his conditioning certainly lessened due to his extended absence.
"They seem pretty confident that he can jump right in and be a difference maker," Dunne said. "But you'd have to think there will be some type of transition."
2) Green Bay's defense still has no answers for Adrian Peterson.
If at first you don't succeed, try try again. And if you don't succeed then? Well, that's the predicament the Packers seem to be in after allowing Peterson to run for 409 yards in two regular season games. Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy continues to insist that his defensive players simply need to do a better job of tackling to slow Peterson. But that's an easy request for a coach with a headset to make. For the guys absorbing Peterson's shoulder blows and stiff arms and ridiculous power, the challenge is elevated.
"The Packers can say all the right things around here," Dunne said. "But you'd have to think that Adrian Peterson, to some degree, has gotten in their heads a little bit. How in the heck do you stop this guy? And what's even more confusing is that their tackling has been better this season. They did shutdown Arian Foster [29 yards on 17 carries] and Chris Johnson [11 for 28]. They did a pretty good job with Marshawn Lynch [25-98]. Yet, for whatever reason, Peterson owns them."
Peterson's 199 yards Sunday came with the Packers devising a decent game plan designed to keep the star running back inside. Still, the yards just kept coming.
"He was chipping away, chipping away," Dunne said. "That has to be a concern. It seemed like the Packers had a good game plan and guys in position to make stops all game long. And still, they couldn't do it. So now what?"
3) As good as Peterson is, reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers was at the top of his game last Sunday as well.
During one break in the action, Peterson and Rodgers stopped to talk with one another, both offering sincere praise of the other as the best in the game at their position. So, see, it's not just the fans who recognized the legendary qualities of Peterson and Rodgers last weekend.
Troubling for Rodgers in last week's loss: Green Bay's slow start. The Packers punted on their first three possessions, allowing the Vikings to build confidence and a 13-0 lead.
"Some of that is an offensive line getting comfortable and being able to make calls in a tough environment on the road," Dunne said. "Similar things happened at Detroit, at Seattle. Sometimes on the road, it's been a little rocky at the start of games just getting assignments down and knowing who blocks who and getting into a rhythm for everybody. But once they figured that out, they got on a roll."
Not troubling for Rodgers: he found his groove eventually leading six scoring drives on the Packers' final seven possessions. Green Bay probably would have won last week's game had they had the ball last, especially with Rodgers in a zone and picking apart a Vikings' secondary that lost Antoine Winfield to a hand injury late in the first half. Rodgers threw for 318 of his 365 yards after Winfield's exit.
"That was as good as they've looked in a really long time," Dunne said. "And after Winfield went out, the Packers went after [Marcus] Sherels. They were just attacking him for big chunks."
The Packers offense also got a notable boost last week from 24-year-old running back DuJuan Harris, who had 70 yards on 14 carries. Signed to the practice squad in October and later promoted, the diminutive Harris didn't see his first action until Week 14 as he became the next man up in an injury-ravaged Green Bay backfield. His effort last Sunday was impressive.
"The Packers have a lot more trust and confidence in the guy," Dunne said. "And his running style is just a little different than everybody else. Ryan Grant is so good on those stretch plays where he can press the hole and cut upfield when something's there. Alex Green is more of a spread offense kind of back. Harris just gets it and goes. He's a north-south tough runner."
4) It's not just the Vikings trying to vanquish the bad memories of their last playoff game.
For the Vikings, a 31-28 overtime loss to New Orleans in the 2009 NFC Championship game doesn't require revisiting. It was 236 different kinds of painful. And Saturday will be their first playoff game since.
Green Bay's last playoff game? A 37-20 home loss last January to the Giants, filled with uncharacteristic errors and providing a galling conclusion to a season in which the Pack went 15-1 during the regular season.
"That was a strange game, especially for the offense," Dunne said. "They had three fumbles all year and then three fumbles in that game. They rarely dropped passes all year then dropped a ton of passes in that game. With the season on the line and so much at stake, everybody just fell apart, crumbled, played bad. That's where the sting remains. They just weren't themselves when it mattered most."
The emotional scars of that loss won't impact Saturday's game with the Vikings much if at all. But certainly it provides motivation and a reminder of capitalizing on postseason opportunities as much as possible.
The Vikings won't know until later in the week whether cornerback Antoine Winfield will be available for the Packers game on Saturday.
Winfield broke his right hand in the Vikings' victory at Houston Dec. 23. He returned to play in Sunday's game against Green Bay before pain forced him to leave the game. The Packers passing game heated up quickly after that.
During his press conference Monday, Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said was simply pain – not further injury – that forced Winfield out of the game. As for his availability for Saturday's rematch with the Packers in Green Bay?
"We don't know what's going to happen with Antoine," Frazier said. "We'll see how he does throughout the week. He was in quite a bit of pain [Sunday], so we'll have to see how he does throughout the week and make a decision, maybe, later on."
Marcus Sherels was inserted as Winfield's replacement as the slot cornerback in passing situations. Frazier said the team went with – and stayed with – Sherels for the rest of the game because he has gotten more reps in the slot than rookie Josh Robinson, and that Robinson was best suited to play on the outside. That said, Frazier hinted that, should Winfield be unavailable, the Vikings might re-think their nickel defense.
"There are some things we'll have to look at for this ball game that we might do a little bit different," Frazier said. "But it goes back to who is an inside corner and who is an outside corner."
Injury updates
Frazier said defensive end Brian Robison, who returned from a sprained shoulder to play Sunday, came out of the game OK.
Running back Adrian Peterson told Frazier that he felt better coming out of Sunday's 199-yard performance than he did a week ago, when he finished the Houston game feeling a bit banged up.
Frazier said safety Harrison Smith – who left Sunday's game for a spell with a shoulder issue – should be able to practice this week, though perhaps in a limited way. He is expected to play in Green Bay. The same goes for tackle Phil Loadholt. Frazier said there were some other players who were "nicked up."
Peaking at the right time?
Recent history suggests that it is sometimes the hottest team – rather than the team with the best record overall – that has an edge as the playoffs begin. So does that mean the Vikings. Who won their last four regular season games, are in a good spot?
Frazier wouldn't go that far. But it can't hurt.
"We've played some games, in this last month, where we pretty much had our back against the wall, where we needed to get a win each week," Frazier said. "Particularly these last four weeks. And our guys have risen to the challenge, played extremely well, and got us those wins. Now we're into a whole new season. We hope we can continue that and improve, 'cause we're going to need to improve to go play on the road. It's a big challenge for us, but we need to keep improving."
Searching for lost yards?
Given that Peterson finished just nine yards short of setting the NFL's all-time rushing record, Frazier was asked Monday if he was going to have somebody review the season to see if a few extra yards could be found.
"If we could find those hidden yards, we would do it," Frazier joked. "They have different people who will be doing that. But we'll be doing our own homework as well. If we can find nine yards, we're going to find them."
Seriously, though, Frazier said he expected another run at Eric Dickerson's record next season.
"As you know, it doesn't take much to get him going when he sets a goal," Frazier said. "I wouldn't put it past Adrian Peterson to shoot for that record next year and even attain it. He is one of those guys you never bet against. If that's in his sights, it's possible. Anything's possible with Adrian."
A familiar opponent
Saturday will mark the third game between the Vikings and Packers in five weeks. So, it will probably be difficult for either side to do anything to fool the other.
"We'll look as hard as we can to see if there is anything we can do differently to help us," Frazier said. "And for how we can improve across the board as a team. But we're so familiar with one another, there aren't a whole lot of new things you can do. But you can try to improve on what you have been doing. And what's what we'll try to get done."
Upon further review…
Frazier said linebacker Erin Henderson should have stayed with Packers receiver Greg Jennings on the third-quarter Packers touchdown. Henderson let Jennings go, and Jennings was all alone in the left corner of the end zone for his five-yard TD reception .
Running argument
Are the Vikings really out of step in a pass-happy NFL? Six of the eight top rushing teams in the league are in the playoffs, including the second-ranked Vikings.
And the ability to run could become even more important in a game where weather could inhibit a passing attack.
"I would think so," Frazier said. "I don't know what the conditions are going to be at Lambeau yet, but I'm still going back to what I think is best for us. It's a formula I think that can work no matter the conditions."


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Oh, Fantasy Friday, how I've missed you.
Seriously – it's been too long. I've had this insane collection from Hermès sitting on the back-burner forever, and it's finally time to bring it out, wipe the dust off, and let it shine in its glory.
I know, I know… If you're into fashion, you're likely already well-into the fall collections by now, but sometimes I like to mix it up and show you things that apply to the current season. This collection was one of my absolute favorites of the season, if not my number one.
I can't decide what I love more: the hats, the leather, the neutral color palette (with hits of the signature Hermès orange, of course), or the equestrian/dominatrix vibe. It's luxe, but totally edgy. The crazy-clean, hard lines and magnetic tailoring are offset by flowing, gauzy fabrics and draping. I've been obsessing over riding boots for a while now, and this collection highlights them in the most tremendous way.
It's not easy to make sexy look so elegant – and that's exactly what Jean Paul Gaultier has done with this collection.
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Real time access to Chinese corporates for local students
Twenty international business students and academics from the University of Newcastle will be putting the tough questions to some of the most successful business operators in China tonight.
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Let the games begin! RoboCup hits the Central Coast
School children from across the region will converge on the Central Coast Campus of the University of Newcastle on Friday for a day of robotic fun, learning and adventure.


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Hands-On Workshop with Dale Worsley: Courageous Teaching Across the Curriculum in the Era of the Common Core"
November 16, 2013, 9am - 3pm, Lehman College Music Bldg, Room 330
Dale Worsley is an award-winning writer, teacher, consultant and convention presenter in literacy, curricular planning and school design. He has authored and edited several resource books for educators, including Journeys to Communities of Practice: Stories and Strategies of Professional Inquiry from Around the World. Details
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"The Next Generation of Science Standards: All Students, All Standards" with Professor Okhee Lee
Thursday, December 5, 2013, 5:30 - 8pm, Lehman College East Dining Room
In this thoughtfully crafted and interactive presentation, Dr. Lee will discuss the development of the Next Generation of Science Standards (NGSS) and how the standards are specifically aligned to K-16 teaching and learning, teacher preparation programs and the certification/training of teachers. Math and science faculty as well as those in education play a critical role in content preparation and pedagogical deliveries that are aligned to the NGSS. As student populations become increasingly diverse along learning, ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, language and (dis)ability lines, the necessity to meet their needs requires the appropriate knowledge and skills to do so. Details
NEW ALST Exam Study Guide Is Available!
Candidates who are applying for certification on May 1, 2014 and beyond will be required to take the ALST Exam (which is replacing the LAST Exam). It is based on Common Core State Standards and is very different in form and content from previous state examinations. Candidates are encouraged to review the practice items and scoring rubrics carefully. As more information and study materials come out on this test, we will be sharing them with our students. Download the Study Guide or view on the NYSTCE website.
Admissions Open House Dates 2013 - 2014
"Rising Scholars" highlighted in the new LUTE Update Issue!
Dean Fayne introduces us to six assistant professors who are "doing very exciting research and publishing their findings. While topics and methods may vary, one thread runs through their collective work: LUTE Theme II- Educate for Equity. Their research reminds us that we should be mindful of inequities and advocate for social justice. We also must look for evidence-based practices that will help to close opportunity and achievement gaps."
Meet Our Newest Faculty Member: Sheila Blachman
I have been working in the field of Special Education, as a teacher and then as an administrator in Connecticut, where I experienced first-hand the challenges facing our students with disabilities and our educators who are dedicated to their success. My work in the field has centered on training school staff and families in responsible inclusive practices in order to successfully meet the needs of all students with special needs in the regular education environment. To that end, I present workshops to teachers, paraeducators, administrators, and parents, empowering them with knowledge and skills. My area of expertise is in the effective differentiation and modification of curricula designed to allow students with special needs access to, participation in, and benefit from, the general education environment.
Throughout my professional career, I have had the opportunity to teach graduate courses in special education at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Ct. For the past two years, I have been teaching a variety of courses in special education in the School of Education at the University of Saint Joseph in Hartford, Ct.
I live in New Haven, Ct. in a Victorian house that was built in 1885 and has all the original, intricate hardwood floors, oak moldings throughout, and even some stained glass windows. I have 2 beautiful, successful young adult children with whom I enjoy spending time.
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MOOCs for K-12 Teachers!
Massive Open Online Course's (MOOCs) are stepping into the teacher training professional development arena. Coursera, one of the largest MOOC providers, has just partnered with several schools of education, museums and institutes to offer continuing education opportunities for teachers. Are you teaching in K-12, self-motivated and interested in better understanding the impact of the Common Core standards in your specific classroom? With an investment of 2-4 hours/week, you will tackle the assignments in ways that can impact your classroom. If you are interested in the free professional development opportunities. Check oout:
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We loved hearing how Kara, a writer for the republic, took our words and turned them in to a beautiful story. She was such a pleasure to work with! And the photographer Rob took some incredible shots of our home. He even got some angles that I had never seen before in a photo! Here are some of the shots I pulled off of the site.
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Sonic Syndicate
Eden Fire
I can pretty safely assume that most of MetalReview.com's readership is familiar with the basic Gothenburg melodic death style by now. This is a genre that many declared oversaturated in the late nineties, but the advent of metalcore has exponentially inflated the multitude of harmonized gallopers to early-nineties-death-metal proportions. Needless to say, the whole sound has become more than a little tired and the majority of metalheads are openly fed up with it. In light of this, it seems a little odd that musicians with the obvious skill and songwriting aptitude present on Eden Fire would choose to pursue it so regularly. Sonic Syndicate do, in fact, play melodic death metal with only the slightest tiny hardcore lean, and to their credit they do it tastefully enough to make it enjoyable. Problem is, obviously, that this shit has been so done to death that extracting any sort of individual identity from melodeath's stripmined husk is nigh-impossible, and Sonic Syndicate don't quite have the creative flair to pull it off.
The band does help themselves from the outset by choosing to pilfer a slightly less heavily-abused source for their sonic template. Specifically, instead of stampeding directly into At the Gates-lifted riff territory, Sonic Syndicate cop mostly from the always-excellent Dark Tranquillity. The appreciation of middle tempos, Mikael Stanne sound-alike vocalist, powerful choruses, and prevalent keyboards are all there, though Sonic Syndicate can't really match the sophisticated technicality or eloquence of their influences. That said, there is plenty of quality material to be had on this release; the band has a genuine knack for writing catchy riffs, and though their song structures tend to be relatively simplistic, they do not come across as rudimentary. The keyboard work here is particularly impressive; they sometimes carry the melody but more often provide dynamic harmony and counterpoint to the guitars, calling to mind at their best Dan Swano's Moontower project or even his Crimson II opus.
For all that, though, Sonic Syndicate doesn't really make much of a mark. Despite their rock-solid execution, excellent (if slightly overdone) production, and individual talent, they simply cannot escape the reality of being just another highly competent melodic death metal band. This stuff has been done so regularly and with such gusto over the past ten years that there is already a dearth of excellent practitioners available, and Sonic Syndicate aren't really so good as to force their way into that highly competitive grouping. What's to persuade me to devote time to this release when there are stacks of Dark Tranquillity, Edge of Sanity, and Eucharist albums to listen to? Unfortunately for these guys, nothing at all. This album is for melodeath fanatics only.


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The Golden Spike announcement came just a day after a National Research Council report concluded that NASA lacked direction and in fact had a mission statement so "generic" it could apply to any government research agency. The timing of the lunar reveal was notable in at least one other respect, arriving as it did one day before the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 17, the last mission to deliver astronauts to the moon.
In a statement responding to Golden Spike's announcement, a NASA spokesperson said: "This type of private sector effort is further evidence of the timeliness and wisdom of the Obama administration's overall space policy—to create an environment where commercial space companies can build upon NASA's past successes, allowing the agency to focus on the new challenges of sending humans to an asteroid and eventually Mars."
As NASA targets other destinations, the potential benefits for lunar science—if Golden Spike can realize its lofty ambitions—are huge. Stern argued that the robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity spent four years on Mars before delivering as much science as Apollo 17 accomplished in a few days with two humans (including a trained geologist) on the moon.
In addition to Stern and Griffin, Golden Spike counts among its advisers politician Newt Gingrich, former House Science Committee Chair Bob Walker, former Space Shuttle Program Chief Wayne Hale, a Star Trek set designer, and Nancy Conrad, founder of the Conrad Foundation and widow of Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad.
Conrad, speaking from the audience at the press conference, said that her late husband had become very interested in commercial spaceflight near the end of his life. "If I could imagine what he'd be doing right now if he were here," she said, "he'd probably be clicking his heels."


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The compact PowerShot A2200 digital camera proves that you really can have it all - in a color to match your personality! Gorgeous images are possible for any level photographer thanks to smart auto, a system that detects what's going on in the scene, then automatically and intelligently selects proper settings for the camera. Capture memories beautifully either as still images, or videos in incredibly realistic. PowerShot A2200 puts powerful technology at your command by making it easy. The 14.1 mega pixel provides rich detail. A 4x wide angle optical zoom gives you more room to compose your shot. The camera is loaded with fun, useful features you'll love, like discreet mode that lets you shoot in restrictive situations by operating noise - and flash-free, and creative filters for an easy way to add professional-looking artistry to your photography. The powerful battery charges up quickly to keep the fun going, and you'll get a big, clear look at what you're shooting with a, bright 2.7-inch LCD screen. | |
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Product Identifiers | |
Brand | Canon |
Model | A2200 |
Key Features | |
Camera Type | Point & Shoot |
Optical Zoom | 4x |
Digital Zoom | 4x |
Sensor Resolution | 14.1 MP |
Screen Size | 2.7" |
Optical Sensor | |
Sensor Size | 1/2.3" |
Sensor Type | CCD |
Lens System | |
Macro Focus Range | 3-50cm |
Focus Adjustment | Automatic |
Auto Focus type | TTL contrast detection |
Focal Length Equivalent to 35mm Camera | 28 - 112mm |
Exposure | |
Max Shutter Speed | 1/1600 sec |
Min Shutter Speed | 15 sec |
Exposure compensation | ±2 EV range, in 1/3 EV steps |
Exposure Metering | Center-Weighted, Evaluative, Spot |
Exposure Modes | Automatic, Program |
Light Sensitivity | ISO 100, ISO 1600, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 80, ISO 800, ISO auto |
Light Sensitivity Max | 1600 |
Camera Flash | |
Flash Type | Built-in flash |
Red Eye Reduction | Yes |
Effective Flash Range | 0.3 m - 4 m |
Camera Flash Features | AF Illuminator |
Flash Modes | Auto Mode, Fill-in Mode, OFF mode, Red-eye Reduction, Slow Synchro |
Memory / Storage | |
Supported Flash Memory | MultiMediaCard, MultiMediaCardplus, SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, SDXC Memory Card |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder Type | None |
Dimensions | |
Depth | 0.93 in. |
Height | 2.25 in. |
Width | 3.67 in. |
Weight | 4.06 Oz. |
Display | |
Display Type | LCD |
Display Rotation | Built-in |
Screen Details | LCD display - TFT active matrix - 2.7" - color |
Display Size | 2.7" |
Microphone | |
Microphone Type | Microphone - built-in - mono |
Microphone Operation Mode | Mono |
Connections | |
Connector Types | 1 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x composite video/audio output |
Expansion Slot | 1 x SD Memory Card |
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Operating System Supported | Apple Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.6, MS Windows 7, MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP SP3 |
Battery | |
Battery Form Factor | Manufacturer specific |
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Digital Video Format | H.264 |
Still Image Format | JPEG |
Resolution | |
Max Video Resolution | 1280 x 720 |
Environmental Parameters | |
Min Operating Temperature | 0 °C |
Max Operating Temperature | 40 °C |
Other Features | |
Additional Features | 720p HD Movie Recording, AE/FE Lock, AF Lock, Automatic Face Tracking, Brightness Control, Built-In Speaker, DPOF Support, Digital Image Rotation, Digital Tele-Converter, Direct Print, Exif Print Support, Face Detection Self-timer, Histogram Display, Motion Detection, Orientation Detection, PictBridge Support, RGB Primary Color Filter, Red eye Fix, Resizing an Image, Safety Zoom, Scene Detection Technology, Smile Capture, USB 2.0 Compatibility, Wink Self-Timer, i-Contrast system (Intelligent Contrast Correction) |
Face Detection | Yes |
Shooting Modes | Frame Movie Mode |
Miscellaneous | |
Shooting Programs | Beach, Fireworks, Foliage, Kids & pets, Landscape, Portrait mode, Poster effect, Slow shutter, Snow, Super vivid |
Special Effects | Black & White, Custom Effect, Fisheye, Miniature, Monochrome, Neutral, Sepia, Toy camera, Vivid |
Continuous Shooting Speed | 0.9 frames per second |
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The Canon PowerShot A2200 is a solid point-and-shoot for basic snapshot needs with just enough extras to make it worth its price.
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We use this model at our company where we have found it to be both reliable and affordable. We have dropped these things many times and they are durable plus they provide good overall picture quality
Any Canon you buy will give you amazing pictures, guaranteed! When it comes to cameras Canon should be first in mind. If you're trying to save money Kodaks have some of the best quality pictures for cheap cameras. And of course Nikons come close to Canons. This Canon has the minimum key features but you still get stuff like HD video and all your typical scene settings. Compared to the Canon ELPH, this one is not as solid built and is thicker but very lightweight. The plastic body can get scratched easily but this camera's so affordable--get a case for $2 online. This one's also very easy to use, you won't need to read the instructions--well, some of you will. Don't pay attention to Megapixels with other brands. For example, a 5MP Canon is equivalent to maybe a 10MP Olympus or Samsung. Trust me, if you've never owned a Canon make the switch today. This is a basic, practical camera with incredible quality pictures. Don't pay more than $100 new online for this one.
This is a Great Camera. Decided to buy a new digital camera, to shoot pictures for my ebay items I was selling. Checked around and did a little research, and this canon model was the best choice I found. I wanted a camera with a battery pack I could charge, instead of the disposable batteries. Had cameras with AA batteries before and they just don't last. I love the rechargable battery with this one, and it does last a long time. I went ahead and bought a couple extra battery packs, so I would have a fresh battery while the other charges. Wanted to take quick pictures and add them to my ebay items, it works great for that. I just plug in the USB and import them, very quick. The Camera also takes a very nice quality picture. Not only at close up items, but pictures at a distance are very clear. Overall I am nothing but happy with this camera at the price they average you can not beat them. An A+ all the way.
I need a camera for a trip and I choose this camera because of its reviews and price. Now I have the opportunity to use it and I like the picture quality. It might not be the best, but for a point and shoot it is good. It is light and easy to store in the pockets. Its features are ok, yo can select many types to take pics. What I don't like is that the video isn't a great HD quality, but it is better than a VGA video. For a $130 bundle, the price is excellent, not the best camera, but it is quite good for amateur pictures.