I've gone and checked IDs quit a few times after disagreeing with captions on photos. Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong and sometimes I find out there are other things with the same common name so that probably means I am wrong to say the caption is wrong :) All in all, it's a good learning experience for me....but what about the person who doesn't recognize the error and perhaps learns the wrong thing? I remembered the post awhile back about an ad with peppers and salsa. Funny part is that I remembered they planted seeds wrong and recalled nothing about the wrong variety of plant. When I found the old post both errors were mentioned. Interesting how different things stick with different people. Could be that I know more about planting peppers and less about identifying various varieties. BTW, were the "farmers" picking potatoes off the plants like one would harvest tomatoes or were they individually digging them from underground? And maybe this is the time to admit to some educational fraud on my part. We had a demonstation potato plot that was to be available to visitors to dig up potatoes during a two day festival. We left a volunteer in charge the first day with directions that visitors could dig up half the rows and she should limit each person to one shovelful. Well, half way through the day she reported that ALL the potatoes were harvested. She said everyone loved digging them and she did not want to tell them to stop. Hmmm, maybe she missed something in the directions. Oh, well, what to do? After visitors left that day a couple of us went and staked out several rows and BURIED the already dug potatoes and pulled some of the dead top growth off the compost pile and spread it over the rows. The next day visitors were able to dig pototoes...again...with a law-and-order type volunteer in charge. The plot lasted for the whole day :) Here is a link that might be useful: link to original discussion

wren, This is a plan that has certainly worked before in other situations, I do think that the April 13 deadline is a bit short only because there is a lot of info to collect (advertisers contacts and a basic letter to compose. Just having every one sending it out on their mailing list and posting in local groups would generate a great deal of volume. Let me know if there is something I can do, Cindy

Luckygal, branding has been around for a very long time. For example: Vernon and Irene Castle slapped their names on everything and anything you can imagine and stuff that you can't from candy to cigars, shoes, records etc. This was back in 1912. They were the pair that put ballroom dancing on the map and made it extremely popular. Irene set many fashions trends in her day including the incredibly ugly but very popular stove top hat and was one of the first to bob her hair setting off a new look for hair in the 1920's flapper. They owned nightclubs and dance studios. The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers dancing that we all recall fondly in their old movies was based on Vernon and Irene's innovations in dance. My kids (aged 30 and 26) are not swayed by such nonsense and neither are their friends. I think there has always been (and always will be) people who feel safer purchasing something endorsed by a "name" and others who look for quality, value and style. Sky Here is a link that might be useful: wiki Vernon and Irene Castle

If you compare the studio picture to the beach picture, I think it's obvious that the studio picture, as I said upthread, was never meant to be unaltered. She really looks amazing in the beach pics, and while she doesn't look awful in the studio pic, it's still not very flattering. The whole "Cindy Crawford's Untouched Photo Is Empowering" spin is just a cover-up for a screw-up. On further thought, I'm not sure seeing these "untouched" pictures is a good thing. It just provides another way for comparison. "Regular" women may see this picture and say, "Hey look at her poochy belly, cellulite and sun damage - she's no different than me!" How about not comparing our bodies and just be happy with the one you have. I know, easier said than done, but the older I get the more I love/appreciate my body, with all it's flaws, and how it allows me to live a happy life.