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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Former South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore signed a four-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers on Friday. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The second of the 49ers' two fourth-round draft picks, Lattimore is feeling stronger each day as he continues his recovery from a serious knee injury.
Lattimore spoke to The Associated Press by phone about his rehab and said the most difficult part has been doctors and trainers slowing him down from overdoing things. Lattimore still believes he can be ready to play this fall, but is content to follow doctors' orders.
"I just want to train as hard as I can," Lattimore said. "But I understand why they want me to slow down."
Lattimore overcame a torn ACL as a sophomore to return to the field last season. His college career, though, ended for good against Tennessee last October when Lattimore dislocated his right knee and tore three ligaments. He had surgery a month later and declared for the NFL draft in December.
He trained in Florida for several months for the NFL scouting combine and South Carolina's pro day. Lattimore's future was one of the most discussed topics prior to the draft, several analysts wondering if he'd get picked at all and have to sign as a free again.
Lattimore said the work he put in was rewarded when the 49ers drafted him in April.
"It was one of the happiest moments of my life," he said.
Lattimore finished his college career as South Carolina's career leader with 38 rushing touchdowns.
Lattimore understands the importance of routine doctor visits, too. He said partnered with First Choice by Select Health of South Carolina to encourage teens and young people on regular medical visits, even without serious issues like Lattimore has had during his college career.
He said the relationships he built with family doctors as a child helped trust their guidance these past two year when he worried about his future.
"I didn't always know what to think when I was hurt," Lattimore said. "My doctors helped keep me straight."
Lattimore has a new set of issues to deal with in San Francisco. He's got a thick, new playbook to learn and a new home base to discover.
"It's a lot more expensive out here," Lattimore said.
He's talked extensively with new teammate, 49ers running back Frank Gore, who overcame two major knee injuries in college to become one of the NFL's top runners. Gore spoke with Lattimore during his injuries and served as inspiration for a comeback.
"It was great to finally meet him in person," Lattimore said. "He's been wonderful to me."
Dr. Greg Barabell, medical director of Select Health, said he was honored to have Lattimore helping get an important message out.
"Marcus can reach young people," Barabell said.
Lattimore's focus these days is getting back to the football field at a pace that works for his new team. San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh has said he wants Lattimore to take a slower approach to returning.
"If he doesn't play this year, then he doesn't play this year. But I think if anybody can overcome what he's been through, it's him, Marcus Lattimore," Harbaugh said last month.
Lattimore appreciates the confidence and will go with the steadier, slower approach.
"I want to have a long, healthy NFL career," Lattimore said.


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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
...Let go lightly
But you know, that's not really what I do. I could never write anything as eloquent as things already said (epic), and I won't pretend to try. And maybe I should wait it out - hell, we don't even know for sure who exactly is coming back in the deal (as of this writing, it looks like Drabek, Taylor, d'Arnaud)...but for this post, that matters little. This post is all about who the Toronto Blue Jays - the organization and their fans - are losing. So pay attention, Philadelphia. Bear with my melodrama as I type away with the story still unfolding....because our loss is quite clearly going to be your gain.
You know what else this post is not about? The stats. Oh, any Jays fan could probably recite verbatim all the relevant numbers on the back of Doc's baseball card. We'll tell you about the Cy. We'll talk wins, we'll talk complete games, strikeouts, whatever. We'll also tell you about his stuff. His filthy, "did you see that?", stuff. Rivera is & always will be the master of the cutter, but Doc will follow his up with an equally nasty two-seamer. Or maybe he'll sink the fastball on you. Or just flat-out embarrass you when he drops the hook. But no, this isn't about the stuff, either.
This post is about the feeling that just having Doc on the team gave to Jays fans. It's hard to explain, really. He was ours. He was our guy. He grew up in the system, a Blue Jay through and through. He came within one out (damn you, Bobby Higginson) of tossing a no hitter in just his second major league start. A season later, the wheels came off, he struggled mightily, but back he came - through the system - more dominant than ever.
That feeling of pride we felt for our guy came in many forms. Just watching Doc deal. All business. No distractions. No tolerance for error. It came in reading game recaps, with opposing managers & hitters alike inevitably exclaiming that Doc was the best they'd faced all year. And through all of those early struggles and subsequent dominance - he was a Blue Jay. He was the guy who signed not one, but two extensions at a hometown discount because he wanted to be a Blue Jay. Don't think we didn't notice that, Roy, because we did.
This post is also about what the Jays are losing off the field. The Halladays are good people, man. Doc's box for sick kids. His under-reported work in the community. The responsibility he felt as a role model. Read this piece from a few seasons back, and if it doesn't get a little dusty for you, well, you're as robotic as Doc's right arm. Honestly, I'm sure there are many players who do as much in their towns as Doc, but rare is the athlete who can match that integrity, that dedication, that humility....and that talent. And we had him. For twelve seasons, we had him.
Players come and go. We're cheering for laundry, right? I'll get excited about the players coming back in the trade. They'll bring hope for better days ahead and a new era of a competitive Toronto ballclub. In time, we'll be breathless about the next great pitching prospect in the system. Some day, we might even find a kid of whom we will say "he reminds me a little of a young Roy Halladay."
But there will never be another Roy Halladay. There can't be.
25 comments:
- eyebleaf said...
Fuck Bobby Higginson. For real. I figured I'd never need to hate him, because it was only a matter of time before Doc threw a no-hitter for Toronto. Fuck. Fuck you, Higginson.
Great post, brother.
There will never be another Roy Halladay.
- December 15, 2009 at 1:24 AM
- Scott Robinson said...
That was perfect, man. Just perfect. It's a tough time for all of us faithful. Just gotta hope that this Drabek kid is legit. That's all we have now. That and the memories.
- December 15, 2009 at 1:25 AM
- bkblades said...
I knew my faith in properly verbalizing my emotions by this site would eventually trickle in.
Good stuff, sir.
- December 15, 2009 at 1:33 AM
- Ian H. said...
Ack, bravo sir. Bravo.
It was a necessary moves, but it still hurts when somebody rips your heart out of your chest and mails to to Philadelphia. We can take the winter to mourn and hopefully all will be well again by Springtime.
- December 15, 2009 at 1:41 AM
That said it. Thanks.
- December 15, 2009 at 1:43 AM
- David said...
You nailed it! This is a sad day for jay's fans! A class acted
- December 15, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Ice Cream Jonsey said...
Exactly, the money is moot, these cheap fucks weren't going to spend it in any way, shape or form that would directly benefit the team. I could see them holding a TV special where Viner lit it on fire before they went out and acquired a #3 pitcher for us.
December 15, 2009 12:56 AM
- December 15, 2009 at 2:03 AM
bkblades said...
I understand why money was being sent and don't have a major problem with it. But if Rogers decides to up their system access fees or some other bullshit like that despite knowing $6 million is chump change for a conglomerate, fuck them and their company. I don't care how handsome Handsome Tony is in real life.
December 15, 2009 1:01 AM
- December 15, 2009 at 2:07 AM
- eyebleaf said...
Ack, you seriously nailed this, mate.
And, for the record, I still believe in Handsome Tony. Although he has some explainin to do!!!!1
- December 15, 2009 at 2:09 AM
- Dragonzigg said...
No matter what happens now, this won't be quite the same Blue Jays team I loved...
- December 15, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Amazing work, Ack!
- December 15, 2009 at 8:18 AM
- Stedron said...
C'mon guys. These prospects are going to make us a perennial playoff team, and Doc will be begging to come back for his swan song in 4 years, win it all, and go out on top.
Right? RIGHT!?
- December 15, 2009 at 8:26 AM
- Peter D said...
I was at that Bobby Higginson no-hit killer game. Best Jays game I've ever been to live.
If the romoured deal is correct, it's a nice start for AA, however he shouldn't start here, try to add more pieces by any means necessary. Also, don't be afraid to deal your current prospects for others you may like better.
- December 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM
- simpson1970 said...
I agree with Peter D, in that expiring contracts should be moved. Overbay, Downs - maximize value. I wouldn't object to keeping Frasor though. His changeup was a bit of a revelation last year.
- December 15, 2009 at 10:30 AM
- Gil Fisher said...
And say what you will about Rogers, but does any owner like writing off salary more than them?
- December 15, 2009 at 10:30 AM
- eyebleaf said...
- December 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
@Gil Maybe there are good tax reasons to write off salary in Canada.
- December 15, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- Peter D said...
So that's $21 million the Jays are paying for pitching that is not on their team in 2010?
- December 15, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- The Ack said...
Thanks for the words. I figured if I didn't empty my mind last night, I'd post something safe and sterile this morning.
Still digesting, though.
- December 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- yummymummy13 said...
Fantastic post. We had him. We loved him. We have to let him go. There will never be another.
- December 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- brainiac said...
Roy Halladay is welcome at my house anytime he wants to drop by.
The best player ever to wear the uniform (Ricky Henderson can bite me)and possibly the best person as well. We don't even know how much he and his wife did for the city.
To say I wish him the best is an understatement. I am now a Philly fan....
- December 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- eyebleaf said...
I can't wait until June.
- December 15, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- plain_g said...
it sucks to see doc go, but i love the way everyone is reflecting on his awesomeness. aaand, i can't wait to see him win 30 games in the nl, another cy young, and a world series.
- December 15, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Well motherfucking said! Also add a hearty fuck you to Kevin Witt, who broke up Doc's no hitter to the shitty '03 Tigers!
- December 16, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Christopher said...
Ack, you nailed it man. Brought a tear to my eye. Good job.
- December 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM


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Never in my wildest dreams did I think that this would become a canning blog, but I guess for the month of October, it has. I have always dabbled with a few jars of salsa from the garden tomatoes and made many attempts at pickles that just didn't quite do it for me, but I have never considered myself the kind of cook that straps on an apron and sets in to fill the pantry for winter.
The endless production of tomatoes (not only from my own garden, but also the garden at the farm) has changed that. I have found myself with so many tomatoes that I just didn't know what to do with them all. One can only use so much salsa, pasta sauce, plain sauce, pizza sauce, and tomato soup. I found myself searching for something else to make use of these glorious, red orbs and landed on Tomato Jam.
I will admit that I was a little leery of the unknown (to me) Tomato Jam. I have seen it featured in recipes as a topping for gourmet burgers (instead of ketchup), but had never tried it myself. However, with a mountain of tomatoes threatening to topple from my table and bury me (flashback to a crazy episode of Hoarders that is burned into my brain), I decided to give it a try. The result? Of course, I loved it, or I wouldn't be blogging about it. :-)
The flavor of this Tomato Jam is reminiscent of chili sauce. It is a little sweet, a little sassy with the cinnamon and ginger, and then the pow of the red pepper flakes hits you and your mouth grins in happiness. I loved it with cream cheese on bagels, but plan to try it on my favorite turkey burger recipe, as well. I also think it would be a good addition to a plate of sharp cheddar cheese and crackers for snacking. Nobody is in a jam with Tomato Jam On My Plate.
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5 pounds tomatoes, finely chopped (DO NOT peel or seed)
3 1/2 cups sugar
8 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon red chili flakes
Combine all ingredients in a large, non-reactive pot.
Bring to a boil and then reduce temperature to a simmer.
Stirring regularly, simmer the jam until it reduces to a a proper jammy consistency (about 1 to 1.5 hours).
When the jam has cooked down sufficiently, remove from heat and ladle into jars (I used the tiny 4 oz jars, but 1/2 pints would be good, too.), leaving 1/4 inch of head space.
Process in a boiling water canner for 20 minutes.
Store jars in a cool, dark place for up to one year. (Yield: 4.5 - 5 pints)


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The recent article ("Beyond the Preakness," April 9) outlining the current reality of the Pimlico race track and its future highlights the need for broader and bolder thinking in order to advance a sustainable solution to make horse racing in Baltimore a thriving industry once again.
As reported, the Jockey Club wants to attract better trainers and horses by investing 15 percent of projected earnings to renovate the stables. Yet this approach will do little to improve the fan experience. The grandstands are ugly, the restrooms are outdated, and the concession stands are far from appetizing.
To focus on the stables when the rest of the facility is in such disrepair that the fans are staying away is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. It is time for the owners of Pimlico take a page from the Orioles play book.
Nearly 21 years ago, the Orioles made a bold move. They relocated from an old and outdated neighborhood stadium to a new fan-focused downtown ballpark. At the time there was much discussion about holding on to the past by renovating Memorial Stadium. But Mayor William Donald Schaefer had a bold vision that incorporated the best of what was into a new best-in-class sports venue — Camden Yards.
With access to new capital, thanks to the legalization of slots and table games, Pimlico should now make a bold move. Build a world-class racing venue downtown, located near the soon-to-be-built casino, with all the amenities that a new generation of fans expect and deserve.
In addition, the new Pimlico should become a night racing venue. Its current daytime-only operation is not sustainable. Pimlico must embrace a business model that takes full advantage, as almost all other sports have done, of when those with disposable income are able to attend — during evenings and weekends.
By significantly improving the fan experience with a new downtown facility that has racing at night, Pimlico could truly move beyond Preakness as an economically viable entertainment mainstay for Baltimore.
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What Sarah Said: Episode 3: Authors, Boys, and Literacy
Send your own questions to me at [email protected], @TheLiB, or +Sarah Houghton.
Welcome to episode 3 of What Sarah Said. Today's question comes from J.R., and J.R. is an author. I get a lot of questions from authors so this is a good one. He writes:
I am in the process of publishing my first novel, a YA fantasy. Anyway, my larger vision for myself is playing a role in improving
teen literacy in my region…and beyond. With my soon to be published novel, I believe I will be able to have more credibility with respect
to this endeavor. I know you are not in the Pennsylvania area but would love any suggestions you may have on where I can look to begin this process. As exciting as the publishing process can be, I'm even more excited about the potential of using it as a vehicle for helping others. My book
has a male protagonist, which, I believe given the trend of YA novels leaning more and more toward the female reader could be both an
advantage and disadvantage. When it comes to teen literacy, I believe this is an advantage because of what the statistics say about boys
versus girls and reading/literacy. Do I begin with the library system or would you recommend looking elsewhere? On a more self-serving note, in your opinion (being an expert), what is the most effective way to reach 12-22 year-old males? Online? Somewhere else? I'd love to connect with this elusive age group but struggle to find a good place to start. They simply don't seem to congregate like females of the same age online.
All right. So…congratulations on being an author! I don't know if you already have a publishing venue, if you've got a publisher lined up. If not, consider self-publishing. More and more people are doing that and finding it is a very valid way to get your information and your stuff out there. The main thing you want is people to read your stuff, right? That's the main thing you want. You're not doing this because you expect to make a million dollars off of your first book. And if you do you're delusional. I love you J.R., but I don't think you're going to make your first million here. Having not read the book…I could be wrong, I could be wrong. You could be the next J.K. Rowling. I could be totally wrong. But I do think the key to your question is that your focus isn't on your book, your focus is on your desire to improve teen literacy. And the book is second to that.
So whether you're in Pennsylvania or any other part of the world, really, I think libraries are a great place to start to ask them if they would welcome an event where you're promoting literacy, you're inviting teen boys. Have some kind of a pre-canned program ready to go where you say "Oh yeah, I'll bring them in and I'll have them write, and I'll have them talk about the book, or read a chapter at a time…" or however you want to set it up. I would also recommend contacting literacy programs in your area. Many of these have become underfunded due to state and national budget issues, but I do think there are still enough of those around that it's worth looking to see. Now is there a literacy agency that would appeal to or attract this particular age group? And then also the schools. Talk to the schools. Again, come to them with your pre-planned canned event of what you would like to bring to the table, what you can do for them. That's what they want to hear. And show them how you can help boys in their school become excited about reading or writing again.
And then finally, you talk about what the effective way is to reach 12-22 year old males. I gotta be honest. I'm not an expert on that. When I was 12-22 as a female, I didn't know where to find these boys. So definitely not an expert now as a 30-something. Look everywhere you can–online, offline, places in the community where they tend to congregate. I know that in the past the library has left marketing materials for middle schoolers of both genders all over the place–in pizza shops, at skateboard parks, at coffee shops, wherever you see people of this age group. And this is a very wide group. 12-22 is huge. I mean, that's very different from one end of the spectrum to the other. So think about…are you really trying to target one particular part of that segment? Are you really trying to get 12-15? To me that's a little bit too broad to give you one answer. But look in as many places, be in as many places as you can and you will have the most success. And as a library person who has tried to market to this age group for years, I'll say that there's no magic bullet that I've found so far. But again, really diversifying that reach and hitting as many points as possible is probably your best approach.
And I just want to say good for you J.R. for being interested in improving literacy, particularly among teenage boys. I applaud you for that and I wish you luck with your writing.
Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you at the next episode.


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President Barack Obama's final birthday in the White House appeared to be one he will never forget.
One day after turning 55, the president was treated to a private celebration planned by the first lady in Washington D.C.
While the top secret gathering appeared to be a social media-free event, many famous guests couldn't help but share their excitement with fans before and after the party.
"Tonight was a night I will never forget. #BarackObama #happybirthday," Nick Jonas wrote on social media early Saturday morning.
"Today" co-host Al Roker tweetd, "An honor to attend President @BarackObama 55th birthday celebration at @WhiteHouse tonight."
Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie also shared a few pictures after the event including a few famous friends.
"#AboutLastNight Our President knows how to throw a great party, we had so much fun, I can barely walk today, LOL!" she wrote on Instagram. "Happy Birthday Mr. President @barackobama!!!"
According to White House journalist April Ryan's social media, Ellen DeGeneres and Common also attended and enjoyed musical performances from Stevie Wonder and Usher. We told you it was an unforgettable party.
The celebration comes after Vice President Joe Biden shared a special birthday message on Twitter that included a friendship bracelet. "Happy 55th, Barack!" he wrote with the piece of jewelry that included flower, star and smiley beads. " A brother to me, a best friend forever."
Michelle also shared an Instagram with the message, "55 years young and that smile still gets me every single day. Happy birthday, Barack. I love you. -mo."
The Obamas are expected to head over to Martha's Vineyard this weekend for a two-week family vacation.
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text: meisie 1 Report post Posted January 16, 2013 I recently received a kiln. I got approval to install it in my classroom. I scoured the catalogues for clay and glaze and got a grant for the supplies. The clay says "fires best at cone 04 and 05 not higher than cone 3." The glaze is also low fire and the directions say..... 2-3 coats on cone 04 bisque and then let dry and fire to shelf cone 06. I thought 04 was higher than 06? In fact just after the cone listing 06 states (999 degrees Celsius) and The cone 04 listed a higher temperature celsius. Shouldn't be the other way around? The higher temperature is when vitrification takes place??? At home I fire 04 bisque and then cone 6 glaze and it all works but that's all I have done. Am I missing something. Did I purchase the wrong stuff? Any insight would be appreciated. Perhaps they are labeled wrong?Thanks for any input. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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About Constantine Roussos (.music)
Constantine Roussos is a Greek-Cypriot serial entrepreneur, musician, songwriter, producer, engineer and Internet technology geek. Constantine was born and raised in Cyprus and runs Roussos Group of Companies ( Cyprus ) headquartered in Limassol. Roussos Group activities include music entertainment, eBusiness, night clubs, hotels, manufacturing, international trade, land development, commercial real estate, luxury villas, construction, virtual real estate development and domain name acquisitions.
Thanks for the comment Karl.
I have great admiration with what Google and Apple's Steve Jobs have done. Without a doubt they have added significant value for consumers. I use Google and their services and the same applies with Apple. Great products, great leadership and great execution. The value creation for consumers has been huge. From YouTube to search to the iPod and the iPhone and to the Apps, what they accomplished is second to none.
As a musician myself, I understand that there is always a trade off to everything. However, I am not one of those that believes that free is always the solution to selling more. It all depends on which stage of the development cycle you are. Radiohead and Trent have shown great insights on how the web can be leveraged with the concept of free. However, those are big-time names and it is harder to translate those kind of benefits to smaller bands.
Apple has recorded record profits because they are a great company that has served the marked with their strategy with unparalleled execution. Google as well is the market leader in search by a wide margin. It is not even close. Same applies to youtube in the video market, even though Vevo has made very optimistic strides.
My perspective is that more could be done in regards to distributing more equitable/fair funds of those profits to artists. Music is used as a loss leader to sell a lot of electronics and advertising. Music has been used as a loss leader on Youtube to sell ads. It is now that we might have some more beneficial treatment towards artists in regards to fair compensation. I think artists are part of the value generation of these companies and they have not benefited as much as they could.
Same applies to terrestrial radio in the US. I believe performers should be paid their fair share by the radio stations. Pandora and digital stations pay for it, why shouldn't terrestrial radio. The record industry has changed and so have the dynamics of marketing.
The system is broken and I believe it is our responsibility to ensure that artists can be represented in the best way possible to earn a living and be fairly compensated. I believe the RIAA and others have received a lot of criticism but I do believe they play an important role in lobbying for the music industry. The music community plays a vital role and I believe those voices must be heard too.
I believe asking the tough questions and answering them with a win-win scenario is the ultimate goal. How do we reach that objective is the difficult journey. We require more trust, collaboration and creating win-win situations.
I hope we can look at all the issues and iron them out so they can best reflect the interests of the music community at-large. You and others have a voice and as a member of the music community, I believe we all need to be a bit more pro-active in regards to musicians' rights and fair compensation. Increasing competition and innovation is a must. It has to be done for the benefit of both commercial and non-commercial music constituents.
Thank you for your comments again.
Constantine Roussos
.music TLD
Thank you for your insights and comments. Perhaps Google or Apple is the savior of the music industry but unfortunately it seems that over the last decade, this has not happened while billions have been earned piggybacking the music community. I also added 19 other reasons how .music can be beneficial.
You will also be pleased to know that you are critical to the success of .music since you are a musician and hence a member of the .music community. We will not allow the exclusion of legitimate small bands or music bloggers. The policies for small bands and music bloggers will be incorporated. We also have been developing policies surrounding .music fan websites as well. We will not being excluding members of the at-large music community and a process will be in place to validate themselves and register a .music domain. The CMOs will be diverse, so rest assured, you will be represented as well.
The .music community will be highly inclusive for music constituents. It is so inclusive for the music community that we are also working towards International Domain Names for .music to facilitate the music community from regions with languages in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi etc.
In other words, we will be vying for the internalization of the music space on the Internet. The .music initiative will cater to the needs of a culturally-diverse global music community. Besides English/Latin, .MUSIC will also be translated and launched in 8 other languages, including French (.musique), Germanic (.musik), Hindi, Russian (.музыка), Japanese (音楽), Korean (음악), Arabic and Chinese (.音乐).
Check http://music.us/innovation.htm for more info. Our goal is truly innovate the space and keep it exclusive to the music community and not cybersquatters or pirates.
We are committed to our original mission of adding value to the music community, bring new innovation, facilitate collaboration as well as make the TLD truly internationalized. Win-win is the objective and unity in vision and execution. For that all constituents will benefit by participating and engage positively for the greater good of the industry. In actuality, the exclusion of members of the music community is exactly what we are striving against.
The goal of .MUSIC is not just launching a vanity TLD but creating an ecosystem that is secure, collaborative and works for the benefit of the at-large music community. We believe music can be as strong as a country-code TLD and strike a chord for musicians and the music community. Like .DK associates the Danish and is the TLD of choice in Denmark, the .MUSIC will be the association for a TLD of choice for the music community.
The benefit of the .MUSIC we are championing is that it will serve as a trusted badge with policies that outlaw piracy and cybersquatting. Consumers will be able to trust a .MUSIC domains as opposed to a .COM which lacks the policies to prevent piracy.
For the past few years or so I have also been quite vocal about ICANN allowing Vertical Integration of Registries/Registrars so that a new TLD can innovate and compete against the .COM monopoly. I lobbied ICANN for this quite extensively and since it was consistent with the Affirmation of Commitments to increase competition and bring innovation in the domain space, the ICANN Board voted to allow this. You might be right if you are playing by the old rules of domaining.
We will be offering an extensive set of data to the music community that can be collected at the macro level. This can help predict trends, improve decision making as well as for statistical purposes. Sort of like a Big Champagne but using the DNS. The other is our patent-pending DNS platform that we built to power the .MUSIC premium domains that will be .MUSIC registrant-generated. This will help .MUSIC registrants with marketing, gaining search traffic, for discovery as well as social connectedness and collaboration.
As mentioned earlier, we will differentiate from .COM by enabling Internationalized participation by launching International Domain Names for .music to facilitate the music community from regions with languages in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi etc. In other words, we will be vying for the internalization of the music space on the Internet. The .music initiative will cater to the needs of a culturally-diverse global music community. Besides English/Latin, .MUSIC will also be translated and launched in 8 other languages, including French (.musique), Germanic (.musik), Hindi, Russian (.музыка), Japanese (音楽), Korean (음악), Arabic and Chinese (.音乐).
We have built a host of tools and technology to facilitate this to ensure that a .MUSIC will be a stronger value proposition than a .COM for the music community. Not only that, it will serve as a tool for expanding the pie for the music industry and not a nuisance. We stick to our commitment to build this and employ this for the music community and serve their interests.
Thank you for your comments. They are very important. Rest assured you and other musicians that are not represented by major label or PRO interests will be able to register a .music. Rest assured there will be a process and we strive for equality, transparency and creating value for all music community members.
If you have any concerns or feedback, feel free to email me. My email is on the Music.us contact page. Thank you for taking the time to reading about what we are doing. The majority of the support we received in our 1.5 million signatures are from people such as yourself. I have a commitment to serve the community and will do so. Equal representation and multi-stakeholder governance is in our mission statement.
Constantine Roussos
.music Domain Initiative
Thanks MIke for the article about .music and all the concerns that we have in regards to safely and responsibly launching the .music top-level domain extension for the music community.
Our policies in regards to .music domains will be focused on outlawing copyright infringement. Our policies will go beyond what ICANN requires and the standard norm for domain name registrations thus far.
The .music domain extension will be a community-based initiative with stringent policies in regards to registration rules. Only members of approved .music Community Member Organizations (CMOs) will be able to register a .music address. CMOs will include .music-accredited Trade Organizations, Government Agencies/Export Offices, Music Educational Institutions, Digital Aggregators and Music Communities. It will not be open to the general public like a .COM.
We invite these types of organizations to become .music Community Member Organizations, who will serve as gatekeepers to protect .music from malicious conduct. These CMOs will be assigned a validating ID that will be given to their members to use in order to register a .music domain.
You can email us at community (at) music.us if you are an organization interested in becoming a .music accredited CMO. We will be at Midem, New Music Seminar, Digital Music Forum East and SXSW as well. Contact us via our website http://music.us/contact.htm if you have questions or interest.
Constantine Roussos
.music Domain Initiative
Hey Mike,
Your readers would be interested in reading this. This is ICANN's response. They are planning on meeting with the IOC:
The IOC claims to hold the rights for .sport and that no-one else should be able to get a sport-related TLD. I think they are going overboard and I am sure ICANN will put them in their place. This kind of monopolistic behavior is unacceptable.
My .music initiative is quite different because it is a community initiative with multiple-stakeholder governance. Personally I think this is an attempt by the IOC to state its dominance for .sport. Why not get .olympics? Very interesting move that will backfire in my opinion,
Constantine Roussos
There is no extortion by ICANN. I am not sure where everyone is getting their information about the ICANN process but most bloggers and people have their information wrong.
Firstly, there are 4 categories of TLDs: Geographic, community, open and brands. There are stringent trademark mechanisms in place for the new TLDs, tougher than the ones existing now. For example, Rapid Suspension and an IP ClearingHouse.
Also, there is a misconception that TLDs are like commodity items that you buy. The application is $185,000 but by no stretch of the imagination does that mean ICANN approves it without fulfilling all requirements including technical, technology and legal. So do you think it is free to create a registry such as Verisign (.com, .net) and Afilias (.org, .info)? That is additional.
I am launching .music and you are getting it from the source. ICANN is not extorting anyone.
Constantine Roussos
Hey Dave,
I am launching .music by the way and it has been in the works for 5 years now. The ICANN lobbying has been quite an undertaking. Not sure where you came up with $500,000 but that just covers the ICANN application and to registry set-up. Unless you are vying to run a small registry such as .aero and .museum that exists, your costs will be in the millions of dollars.
I suggest you look at the ICANN guidebook. There is a $185,000 application fee for ICANN just to consider you. However it does not mean you get a TLD. I think there is a misconception about the process by many. You are factually incorrect about Godaddy too. ICANN has rejected the possibility of vertical integration of Registry-Registrar, so the separation will still exist of Registries (Verisign, Afilias, Neustar) and Registrars (Godaddy, Network Solutions, Enom). In other words Registrars can not get their own TLD and operate them.
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The following list, inspired by Boston College, the University of California at Berkeley Career Center, University of Chicago Pre-Law Guide, and Lowell House Pre-Law Advising, indicates some items that should be given to your recommenders at your meeting with them:
WRITING LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR APPLICANTS TO LAW SCHOOL should be helpful to a faculty member writing a law school letter of recommendation. You may want to give a copy of this to each faculty member who will be writing a law school letter of recommendation for you.
The first paragraph of this fact sheet must be modified unless
you are attending or have attended the University of Virginia.
An unofficial transcript (with the courses you took with the recommender indicated).
A copy of your LSAT score.
A copy of your best work (term papers, essays, tests, etc.) in the course or courses that you took with the possible recommender (make sure to photocopy the copy with the instructor's comments, if any. If the possible recommender is a faculty member who currently has you in class or who knows you very well, bringing this best work may not be necessary.
A personal RESUME (curriculum vitae) including a clear statement of why you want to go to law school.
A draft of your law school personal statement; if the possible recommender has comments about it, so much the better.
Other information that may be useful to the possible recommender.
For each preprinted letter of recommendation form, fill out the information that is required of the applicant (including waiver of your right of access to see the letters of recommendation) and, to ease the recommender's burden, fill out the recommender's name, title, and contact information (telephone, fax, address, etc.). Despite the preprinted form, most recommenders write a letter on letterhead stationary and put ''See Attached Letter'' on the form.
As a courtesy to the recommender, provide a stamped envelope addressed appropriately; you may want to indicate to the recommender that it would be best if this recommendation were sent on the recommender's letterhead stationary. If there is a preprinted letter of recommendation form, fold this form and put it into the appropriate envelope.
Also include a cover note that includes:
Information on how to get in touch with you (e-mail address or phone number).
A list of schools to which you are applying and the due date for these letters of recommendation.
Make the due date the same for all the letters.
The request that they begin the letter of recommendation with ''Dear Law School Admissions Committee.''
If relevant, delicately suggest that the letter be tailored to law schools.
If recommenders ask what to cover in the letter, tell them to focus on your writing ability, your analytical skills, your performance in their course, your personal qualities, etc..
Other information that is relevant.
Open and close your note with thanks and the acknowledgement that the letter of recommendation is important to your professional future.
Some addition advice and comments are:
If you are prepared when you see your recommender, a return trip should not be necessary.
Thank the recommender after you find out that all his/her letters of recommendation have been received.
You may want to notify the recommenders to which law schools you were accepted.
Remember that the recommender has taken valuable time to write this letter for you and that the letter might have a direct bearing on your admittance to law school. Also, you may need that person to write another letter of recommendation in the future.
http://www.prelawhandbook.com/letters_o ... mendations
I don't see the linked document available online anymore, but I still have it on my computer, so I thought I would share it in case anyone else finds if helpful:
WritingRecsLaw.pdf - from UVA's career center
My only caution is to ensure the specific LSAC policies mentioned in this pdf have not changed since it was written. As far as content goes, I think this pdf still has value.


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lot of diferent sources, well integrated, and well done... just the mouth distract me from a real animal. Also there are a green area under the dog's mouth wich i think would look better in the white tone, as natural.
To Skorpion: I can see how you've slightly mistaken a caterpillar with a dog head, thorns and a nice set of antlers as a "real animal" all because of the human mouth and tounge purtruding from it's back. Creativity comes from a fountain of inspiration. Absolutely amazing.
This is very good. I actually like the different colors on the dog's head/face and how just the nose is white. good luck. i could tell a lot of work was put into this. It's absoultly beautiful
The mouth looks pretty revolting,even if it's a fountain of inspiration
Amazing. I guess I don't like the "mouth" either, but it's all well done. You display a lot of skill here. Is this a Dogerpillar.
nice job, when we see the caterpillar the image is a little bit blur and the dog's face is so bright it draws away the attention(its only my opinion)
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Angst and honor are more closely related than you might think.
Oh lord, my mom is the exact same goddamn way.
The fact they think Linkin Park music is a selling point is almost insulting...
We all know the best soundtrack song ever was done by Breaking Benjamin.
Not that I don't guiltily enjoy Linkin Park, but when you think you need that kind of marketing, there might be issues. If you think the band is great for the game, do it and wait for the players to realize who did the music.
Also, was the sequel mentioned Transformers?
Yes. Yes, it is.
Isnt MOH set in afghanistan?
lmao, hilarious. Also, love the bottom text!
One day, I will capture Linkin Park (with the new Linkin-Trap 5000, of course) and lock the deep underground and force them to listen to the entire discography of Cannibal Corpse at the loudest volume possible. If it doesn't kill them, it should at least force their balls to drop.
Ye gods. Couldn't we have some Kubrickian classic music set the mood instead?
That's a great comic. I like how tied her breaking wooden practice dummy with his broken dreams of a good sequel. Perfect.
Good point about the last Linkin Park Soundtracked sequel, but hearing Jokes about "Crawling" is just annoying.
It's 10 years since the track released, and 9 since the single released, wich makes the joke rather ancient (and by extension, jokes about related teenage angsting)
It's not like they did not make enough songs in the last 10 years that can be equally ridiculed (especially since other songs don't have an awesome orchestral remix)
I like LP, except for their latest Minutes to Midnight, that was really really emo, and while I do not hold a grudge against emos, I'm not a huge fan of their music. I miss the LP that did Hybrid Theory.
The man with the computer is on the Escapist.
Yeah. I know. I've been told that I'm the kind of guy who appreciates the colour of the bedspread before realizing that people are having sex on the same bed.
I liked the comic though.
Lol you even drew the robot balls from the michal bay movie and made them shine. Nice attention to detail best since quit some time :)
I liked transformers 2
I really like some of the Trailer-music-Videoremixes of the past.
Problem here is that the LinkinPark-Track and the MoH-Trailer don't fit together in the sligthest. Not in atmosphere nor in rhytm or elsewhere.
It. Just. Doesn't. Fit.
Linkin Park + Medal of Honor. What now? Ughh.
Funny thing is that I just watched Transformers I and Linkin Park actually synched up pretty well in some parts.
Tiger's balls, you drew tiger's balls,
Hey now. The transformer movies were AWESOME.
Screw those that think otherwise.
shitty news masked as non-shitty if form of having a gametrailers trailer for it.
NUT AWESOME ENOUGH TO BE REAL TRANSFORMERS. yuh kitten.
Hahaha well done comic. It's always great to hear that half an argument online.. it makes the guy's (usually kid's) previous and ensuing attempts and manliness all the more entertaining.
Insulting to the point of hillarity, no almost about it.
In my opinion, Jeremy Soule composes the best game music.
I never liked LP, something about their sound seemed repetitive for me.
And I think that they should have a complete orchestral score, make it into a cinematic masterpiece. Ride of the Valkyrie when landing on the first mission, Adagio for Strings when one of your team members (or you) die, Fanfare for the Common Man when you capture the town, Dies Irae when you are doing a stealth mission (but scratch the vocals), and March of the Gladiators when you are about to enter a town for a fight scene.
We will be adding culture to the standard gaming experience.
Okay, so the writing was good and the joke was funny, but was anyone else a little confused as to why there seems to be a martial arts dojo with a well-stocked weapons cache at Erin's office? I'm pretty sure it was mostly for the visual gag in panel 5, but still. Threw me off for a minute.
I do love Ludwig Van. There's nothing better to get me in the mood for some... Ultraviolence...
I love this comic. I really do. What I do not love, however, is LP and most of today's music industry.
Linkin Park...sigh, sucking since Minutes to Midnight
See, the problem is that Linkin Park are actually pretty good, and the Transformers movies did as well as they could with an overwrought plotline based on a set of toys. I loved the 1986 film as much as anyone, but damn people, it was a fucking 90 minute advert... And STILL had fucking whingy kids in it!
Also, it's a shame you're going this route instead of continuing with the far funnier casual versus hardcore battles theme. I thought you guys had matured out of "quick, lets draw what people on the internet think!"
Erin knows Kung Fu? Definitely would not want to mess with her.
And I agree 100%. Linkin Park should not be in Medal Of Honor. Last I checked, Linkin Park fans and Medal Of Honor fans do NOT mix. Mind you, I think it'll just be a credits song. The rest of the game will probably be the orchestral music that fits this series.
Finally, I like Linkin Park. Or, at least, pre-Minutes To Midnight Linkin Park. Why do they fail to realise that the fans prefer Mike Shinoda's rapping to Chester's whiney naisely shouting?
I'm gonna have to disagre with you champ. I don't much care for linkin park, though a few of their songs are catchy (generally the ones that are more rap orientated) and while transformers 1 was good for what it was transformers 2 was an absolute disaster. Bad writing, incomprehensible robot designs, giant robot scrotums and racism in a 90 minute ball of ass.
"These wooooouuuuuunds they wiiiiiiill not heeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaal!"
Ah, I feel 14 again.
...you have a weird house...
Indeed he does. He's probably already booked for some other game, though. His compositions for Dawn of War and Oblivion hit the spot.
"Now where's my f***ing chocolate milk?" :P
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UnNews:Ohio tornado wreaks havoc, ruins day
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
7 June 2010
TOLEDO, Ohio -- A tornado unleashed a "war zone" in northern Ohio, destroying buildings and disrupting ceremonies for children--on what should have been the happiest day of the year.
A seven-mile-long strip southeast of Toledo is now littered with wrecked vehicles, splintered wood and disfigured teddy bears. The tornado ripped the roof off Lake High School's gymnasium, only hours before the graduation ceremony was to begin. Valedictorian Akira Takahashi was to give a stirring speech about meeting the future with optimism and doing good works. But now he will have to do so at a county soup kitchen, listened to only by bums. Many residents of the township lost all of their beer steins and NASCAR collectibles.
Township Police Chief Mark Hummer said the area is replete with vehicles on their side, homes with missing walls, and trash-strewn lawns. Mr. Hummer said, "It's going to take us weeks just to determine what to attribute to the storm."
A school bus was tossed in the air and landed upside down near the football field. More than 10 hours later, its right turn signal was still blinking. "That's a miracle," Mr. Hummer said. "Or would it be a paradox?"
In southeastern Michigan, the storm caused the Fermi 2 nuclear plant to shut down automatically. County information officer Dan Smith said the plant's automatic systems functioned as designed. But it's still pretty scary. And airplanes bound for Detroit Metropolitan Airport had to be diverted during the storm, leaving thousands of travelers unsure what the rest of the day would bring.
The storm was caused by a cold front colliding with warm unstable air, according to Marty Mullen of the National Weather Service. These conditions are routine during the late spring and summer in the midwestern United States. Mr. Mullen explains, "You have to ask why all air isn't stable by now. Somehow there was no stabilization funding for air in the stimulus package." But he held out hope for a federal takeover.
Plumber Samuel Wurzelbacher said he, his wife, and his adult, live-at-home son were enjoying the morning's second beer when the storm struck. Luckily, they took shelter in the bathroom. Now, the front yard is littered with LPs by Loretta Lynn, Mrs. Wurzelbacher's entire Avon collection, and a dozen Ban-Lon golf shirts and leisure suits, still neatly on their coat hangers.
"Worst of all," says Mr. Wurzelbacher, "the day started out so sunny. You just never know."
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jvaill necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 73 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
TalkFolio is a new web service aiming to revolutionize voice notes.
Customers dial our toll-free number, login with their acount ID and PIN, and record voice notes. Through the intuitive phone interface, customers can record and review voice notes as well as post them to social networking sites such as twitter or facebook. Voice notes that are recorded through the phone interface are automatically uploaded to a server, and can be later accessed through the web interface.
All options that are available through the phone interface are also accessible via the web interface. Through the web interface, voice notes can be categorized and tagged, sorted and searched much like how google mail works. Also, voice notes can be shared through public links if needed, these public links look a lot like the ones on image uploading websites.
Finally, transcribing is built-in for small messages, and a premium human transcribing service is available for a fee.
The initial target audience will be the general public, people looking to keep notes and share with friends and colleagues. Eventually, bloggers and people who want to upload recordings in real-time from any mobile phone, anywhere. Finally, the ultimate goal is to get doctors and lawyers who voice dictate often on-board.
We're looking for a clear and concise logo for our service.
It should look clean and professional, nothing too overboard but it should represent the brand well. No stock images or clip art please, also should have a clean typeface.
The files we'll require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
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The fall TV season chugs on in October with tons of new and returning shows premiering. I'll do a photo gallery of top choices soon, but here's a complete as I can make it list. I miss something? Leave a comment and I will add it.
Saturday, Oct. 1
"Bedlam," 9 p.m. BBC America (Series premiere)
"That Mitchell & Webb Look," 10:30 p.m. BBC America (Season premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 2
"America's Funniest Home Videos," 6 p.m. ABC (Season premiere)
"Dexter," 8 p.m. Showtime (Season 6 premiere)
"Homeland," 9 p.m. Showtime (Series premiere)
"Hung," 9 p.m. HBO (Season 3 premiere)
"How To Make It In America," 9:30 p.m. HBO (Season 2 premiere)
"Around the World in 80 Ways," 9 p.m. History (series premiere)
"The Hunt for the I-5 Killer," 7 p.m. Lifetime (movie)
Monday Oct. 3
"House," 8 p.m. Fox (Season 8 premiere)
"Mega Dens," 9 p.m. DIY (Season 2 premiere)
"Girl Fight," 8 p.m. Lifetime (movie)
"Lottery Changed My Life," 9 p.m. TLC (Season premiere)
Tuesday, Oct. 4
"Gene Simmons Family Jewels," 8 p.m. A&E (Season premiere)
"Mad Fashion," 9 p.m. Bravo (Series premiere)
"Fashion Hunters," 9:30 p.m. Bravo (Series premiere)
"Made in America," 7 p.m. Travel (Series premiere)
"Mysteries at the Museum," 8 p.m. Travel (Season premiere)
"Off Limits," 9 p.m. Travel (Season premiere)
"Pink Pastry," 7 p.m. TLC (Series premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 5
"American Horror Story," 9 p.m. FX (Series premiere)
"South Park," 9 p.m. Comedy Central (Season X premiere)
"Nick Swardson's Pretend Time," 9:30 p.m. Comedy Central (Season 2 premiere)
"Mad Scientists," 9 p.m. Nat Geo (Series premiere)
"Rescue Renovation," 8 p.m. DIY (Season 3 premiere)
"Run My Renovation," 8 p.m. DIY (Season 3 premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 6
"The League," 9:30 p.m. FX (Season 3 premiere)
Friday, Oct. 7
"Sanctuary," 9 p.m. Syfy (Season 4 premiere)
"Say Yes to the Dress," 8 p.m. TLC (Season premiere)
"Man Caves," 7 p.m. DIY (Season 8 premiere)
Saturday, Oct. 8
"Free Agents," 10 and 10:30 p.m. BBC America (Series premiere)
"Rules of Engagement," 7 p.m. CBS (Season premiere)
"The Adam Carolla Project," 9 p.m. DIY (Series premiere)
Monday, Oct. 10
"Bored to Death," 8 p.m. HBO (Season 3 premiere)
"Enlightened," 8:30 p.m. HBO (Series premiere)
"Scare Tactics," 8 p.m. Syfy (Season 4.5 premiere)
"The Rosie Show," 6 p.m. OWN (Series premiere)
"Oprah's Lifeclass," 7 p.m. OWN (Series premiere)
"Kitchen Crashers," 8:30 p.m. DIY (series premiere)
Tuesday, Oct. 11
"Last Man Standing," 7 p.m. ABC (Series premiere)
"Reed Between the Lines," 9 p.m. BET (Series premiere)
"Chelsea Settles," 10 p.m. MTV (Series premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 12
"Psych," 9 p.m. USA (Season premiere)
"Work of Art: The Next Great Artist," 8 p.m. Bravo (Season 2 premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 13
"All-American Muslim," 8 p.m. TLC (Series premiere)
Friday, Oct. 14
PBS Arts Fall Festival, WTTW
Saturday, Oct. 15
"Welcome to Sweetie Pie's," 8 p.m. OWN (Series premiere)
"Don't Tell the Bride," 9 p.m. OWN (Series premiere)
"Marriage Under Construction," 7 p.m. DIY (Season 2 premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 16
"The Walking Dead," 8 p.m. AMC (Season 2 premiere)
"Ask Oprah's All Stars," 7 p.m. OWN (Season 2 premiere)
"Our America with Lisa Ling," 8 p.m. OWN (Season 2 premiere)
"Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind," 9 p.m. OWN (Series premiere)
"Brothers On Call," 8 p.m. DIY (Series premiere)
"Million Dollar Contractor," 9 p.m. DIY (Series premiere)
"Siggy Flicker," 9 p.m. VH1 (Series premiere)
Monday, Oct. 17
"We Have Your Husband," 8 p.m. Lifetime (movie)
Tuesday, Oct. 18
"Man Up!" 7:30 p.m. ABC (Series premiere)
"Flashpoint," 9 p.m. ION (New episodes network premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 19
"Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files," 9 p.m. Syfy (Season 2.5 premiere)
"American Hoggers," A&E (Series premiere)
"Tyler Perry's House of Payne," TBS (Season premiere)
"Nature," WTTW (Season premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 20
"Gigolos," 10 p.m. Showtime (Season 2 premiere)
Friday, Oct. 21
"Chuck," 7 p.m. NBC (Season 5 premiere)
"Grimm," 8 p.m. NBC (Series premiere)
"Boss," 9 p.m. Starz (Series premiere)
"Dateline," 9 p.m. NBC (Season premiere)
"X-Men," 10 p.m. G4 (Series premiere)
Sunday, Oct. 23
"Once Upon A Time," 7 p.m. ABC (Series premiere)
"America's Most Wanted," 7 p.m. Fox (Quarterly specials premiere)
"Robot Chicken," 10:45 p.m. Adult Swim (Season premiere)
"Glam Fairy," 7 p.m. Style (Series premiere)
Monday, Oct. 24
"Possessing Piper Rose," 8 p.m. Lifetime (movie)
Tuesday, Oct. 25
"Bridal Mile," 7 p.m. TLC (Series premiere)
"Texas Multi Mamas," 8 p.m. WE (Series premiere)
Wednesday, Oct. 26
"Whitechapel," 9 p.m. BBC America (Series premiere)
"Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns," 8 p.m. TBS (Season premiere)
"Disaster House," 9:30 p.m. DIY (Season 3 premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 27
"Beavis & Butthead," 9 p.m. MTV (Series premiere)
"Good Vibes," 9:30 p.m. MTV (Series premiere)
Friday, Oct. 28
"Gold Rush: Alaska," 9 p.m. Discovery
"Chiller 13: Horror's Creepiest Kids," 7 p.m. Chiller (Special)
Saturday, Oct. 29
"Zombie Apocalypse," 8 p.m. Syfy (movie)
Sunday, Oct. 30
"The Cleveland Show," 6:30 p.m. Fox (Season premiere)
"Allen Gregory," 7:30 p.m. Fox (Series premiere)
"The Next Iron Chef," 8 p.m. Food (Season premiere)
Monday, Oct. 31
"Iris Johansen's The Killing Game," 8 p.m. Lifetime (movie)
The fall TV season chugs on in October with tons of new and returning shows premiering. I'll do a photo gallery of top choices soon, but here's a complete as I can make it list. I miss something? Leave a comment and I will add it.


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Simple yet elegant, these earrings have a curve and smoothness which is beautiful. Amethyst briolette drop yellow gold plate earrings, where the amethyst gemstone measures 25mm in length, while total drop is 40mm from the top of the shepherd hook. Made with sterling silver with 24 carat yellow gold plate.
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In honor of spring, this month's Virtual Tasting wine is the 2009 Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling. This wine retails for $12 and is widely available. The tasting takes place tonight from 7-9pm Pacific Time.
What you need to do to participate is:
1. Buy the wine from a local retailer or from the winery
2. Post your comments/tweets on the wine tonight between 7 and 9pm. For those on Twitter, follow me @wawinereport. I will be using the hashtag #WAwine during the event.
Look for regular updates to the blog and comments from virtual tasters starting at 7pm. Hope you'll join us.
Note: Several earlier references to the wine mentioned the 2008 vintage. The 2009 is the current release.
7:05pm Update: And we're off. For those on Twitter, we will be using the hashtag #WAwine.
Some background on the idea behind Kung Fu Girl Riesling from a recent Chicago Tribune article. "Who else would be watching the final scenes of Quentin Tarantino's " Kill Bill" with his label designer, Rikke Korff, and start to visualize a riesling bottle emblazoned with a faceless Kung Fu girl in full battle stance?"
To the wine!
7:20 Update: But first, some background. Regarding the Charles Smith label, the website describes it as follows: "...Charles Smith brings you his latest revelation. Charles Smith Wines: The Modernist Project is a response to how people generally consume wine today, that is immediately…as in immediately after being purchased at a market, restaurant or bar, to be drunk straight away. Wine in this category is typically ether simple, or is a wine that would be much better a few years down the road. 'Modernist Project' wines are about putting as much into the bottle as possible. The intent is to create wines to be enjoyed now, but with typicity with regards to variety—that is merlot that tastes like merlot—and to the vineyard—wine that tastes like where it was grown. The wines are full of flavor, balanced, and true to their place of origin."
8:00 Update: Popped and poured this screw cap wine. Very light lemon yellow in color. Some on Twitter were reporting seeing very tiny bubbles on the wine. I did not see any in mine. The nose is marked by a lot of fruit including pear, apple, and melon. The taste is very dry and tart with a blast of acidity. Very enjoyable but the finish comes up a bit short. Needs food to truly show itself.
8:20 Update: The winery describes the wine as follows: " THIS GIRL IS SERIOUS! Aromatic, smooth, vibrant and tasty. Think tangerine, apricot, wet stone, key lime, clove, and nectarine. Now stop thinking and start drinking.....'CAUSE KUNG FU GIRL KICKS ASS! "
The wine is 100% Riesling from Evergreen Vineyard. This vineyard is located in The Ancient Lakes area of Columbia Valley AVA. The Ancient Lakes area is currently under review to receive it's own AVA designation.
8:45 Update: From CellarTracker: Average 88.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 10 notes.
Final Update: Thanks to all who participated tonight including those folks on Twitter - @nancyfeasts, @heyjenk, @nectarwine, @mykrro, @yakyakwine, @mmwine, @WAWineman, @KSyrah, @Sturat, @artpredator, @clivity, and @tlcolson. Apologies if I missed anyone. We'll do it all again next month.
Final Update! April Virtual Tasting - '09 Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling
In honor of spring, this month's Virtual Tasting wine is the 2009 Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling. This wine retails for $12 and is widely available. The tasting takes place tonight from 7-9pm Pacific Time.
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Enjoyable wine. Nice value at $12 and a good pairing for an Indian curry or spicy thai dish. I got very citrusy, lime grapefruit notes and a nice acidic finish.
Thanks as always for hosting this, Sean.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Chris, I agree that this wine would sing with some Indian or Thai food. Thanks for joining!
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The Great Commandment: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Luke 10:27
ZION Development considers six elements to be essential for a healthy neighborhood: housing, education, health, meaningful work, supportive social relationships, and faith and moral values. In this article I am interested not in what faith and moral values might be missing in our poor neighborhoods, but rather what it might take to get people of faith in Rockford to commit to significantly greater action than we have seen to date.
I am nervous about writing this, but this question which has been pestering me for a long time, and it seems like a good time to ask it. But first let me lay out what have been fundamental ideas for me, which have inspired and sustained me for 38 years doing Christian community development.
1. If Jesus says that the most important things in life are to love God and love my neighbor, then I challenge myself to focus my life on those tasks and try to align all the rest of my life's activities with those two objectives.
2. The way I read the Bible, my strategy for living out The Great Commandment, is to be together with my brothers and sisters in Christ — the Church. Living out The Great Commandment is not to be a solo act — it's supposed to be a team effort by the community of faith.
3. While I fully acknowledge the importance and relevancy of loving my individual neighbors, the Bible clearly states that "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly[a] with your God," Micah 6:8. Serving the collective poor among us is the Bible's ongoing top priority when it comes to acting justly.
4. I have come to believe that the most effective, proven and sustainable strategy for serving the poor involves development, not charity.
5. I have come to believe that the most effective, proven and sustainable strategies for development occur at the neighborhood level.
6. I know that Rockford's poverty is highly concentrated in several neighborhoods near the city's core. These neighborhoods lack both the resources to develop themselves and the sustaining leadership to direct transformational development.
7. We have powerful examples of this. All over the country, organizational members of the Christian Community Development Association, have, for more than 25 years, advocated for and demonstrated the effectiveness of developing poor neighborhoods by moving into those neighborhoods and utilizing well-defined strategies and tools to bring about substantial, meaningful and sustainable change. It is, in effect, a missionary model without the "white man's burden" mentality.
So, we Christians know what we are supposed to do — The Great Commandment. We know that we are to live it out as a strategically coordinated body — the church. We know that our primary focus needs to be on the collective poor. We have plenty of examples of strategies which actually work in doing so.
My question: What would it take to get the church in Rockford to strongly lead its members, in organized, coordinated and respectful ways, to move into poor neighborhoods and begin the development work which would have a high probability of bringing about substantial, meaningful and sustainable change?
So, there it is. My big question. I genuinely want to know how people of faith, especially church leaders, respond to this question. Hopefully the dialogue will result in poor people in Rockford being served better. Thank you in advance for your gracious consideration of this very important question.
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Denver school board elections are in November and the jockeying is only starting to begin for what is likely to be another rousing and bruising campaign for four seats up for election.
Meg Schomp on Tuesday became the first person to formally announce a campaign for the board. Schomp, a mother of two, is running for Jeanne Kaplan's soon-to-be vacant seat in District 3, which represents central Denver. Kaplan is term-limited.
Campaigns officially begin Aug. 7, when potential candidates can begin gathering the requisite 50 signatures to get onto the Nov. 5 ballot.
Two have potential incumbents, Mary Seawell and Andrea Merida, will be seeking re-election. The seat that was occupied by Nate Easley Jr., who stepped down last month, will be filled by the school board in the coming weeks. Tonight, the board holds a meeting to winnow down the nine possible replacements for Easley.
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OwnPC: Yes
NewUsed: Used
PurchDate: 1/4/2011
Model: 2350 Ford
ModelYear: 2010
Slide: No
IntColor: Desert Sage
ExtColor: Desert Sage / Fullbody paint
Location: Full-timing
Winter storage without winterizing
November 30, 2012, 03:41:52 am »
I've been winterizing my 2350 Phoenix Cruiser every fall to prevent breakage of water pipes, but I'm wondering if anyone has managed to accomplish that feat by using an electric heater inside the PC? I'm thinking I might need the furnace to force warm air to the holding tanks (fresh water and waste tanks) to keep them from freezing. I'd love to be able to use my motorhome periodically during the winter without having to winterize and de-winterize each time.
Another option might be to only use city water hookups to avoid filling the fresh water tank as I think the water lines would be safe with the electric heater. I could also add some antifreeze to the waste tanks after each dump to protect them as well as the macerator pump. Then, there are the electric holding tank heaters, but it might be a stretch to rely on them for the entire winter and I'm wondering how much that would add to the electric bill.
I'm betting someone on this forum has experimented with this and can advise me as to how to best proceed. Thanks in advance guys!
Glenn Canavan 2010 Model 2350 with no slide out.
Denny & Barb
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NewUsed: New
PurchDate: 4-08-2012
Model: 2350 Ford
ModelYear: 2012
Slide: Yes
IntColor: cafe
ExtColor: cafe
Location: Wisc. (Wittenberg.. N. Central)
Re: Winter storage without winterizing
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November 30, 2012, 09:21:12 am »
(this is my third time trying to reply... I think ether me or the computer needs more coffee!
ALL good questions and this is the forum I bet you can get some answers.
This is my first winter with our lovely PC 2350 (can U tell we
love our PC?) So my only experience is with the Rialta. Now the Rialta procedure suggests to just blow the lines out with compressed air 35lbs or less. That seemed to work fine for me. Then when one wants to go on a moments notice, "just add water" and go.
I have also used the heater to keep everything cozy inside. That worked fine also, but I wondered about the cost of long term use. (I live in N Wisc.) Would maybe even have to use two heaters when it gets below zero.
My only concern with the 2350 is the mercenary pump. I would agree no matter what procedure you use, one would have to not forget the pump and run antifreeze thru it.
I am also interested in this topic as we would like to "blast off" in a moments notice, so will be interested in what others have to say..
Denny and Barb
Your Word our Lord is a light to my feet and a lantern to my path... Ps 119
OwnPC: Yes
NewUsed: New
PurchDate: 2017 (latest)
Model: 2350 Sprinter
ModelYear: 2017
Slide: Yes
IntColor: Cherry
ExtColor: Greystone
Location: Delaware
Re: Winter storage without winterizing
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November 30, 2012, 09:34:10 am »
Denny took the words out of my mouth! I too blow out the lines (Camping World, etal, have the fitting that attaches to the city water inlet) and we're ready to go South in Feb. I do put a little antifreeze. In the drain traps.
I used to keep 2 - 100 watt light bulbs in the bilge of my boat to keep the condensation down, but still blew out the lines, just to be safe.
Re: Winter storage without winterizing
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November 30, 2012, 10:10:15 am »
Water tank is the biggest problem and cost if you freeze it. I have seen one that split on the back of the tank and the whole thing needed to be replaced. Drain it no matter what you do. I winterize my motorhome after thanksgiving, then just before we go away for the Christmas break I flush the lines and put water into the fresh water tank, 3/4 full. I place a heater in the coach and open the lower cabinet doors so heat can get to the lines. I will let the motorhome sit of two or three days this way without any problems. The day we depart, I turn on the water pump and fill the water heater. I have never had any problems. I never gets below zero here and hardly gets much below upper twenties. Where you live might be different.
Then again you could do like Ron D. does and put the PC in a heated garage.
OwnPC: Yes
NewUsed: Used
PurchDate: 1/4/2011
Model: 2350 Ford
ModelYear: 2010
Slide: No
IntColor: Desert Sage
ExtColor: Desert Sage / Fullbody paint
Location: Full-timing
Re: Winter storage without winterizing
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December 12, 2012, 03:13:53 pm »
Thanks for all your suggestions. I don't have a heated garage (at least large enough to accommodate a motorhome) so that isn't an option (at least not at home).
I was able to reach Kermit in Elkhart this morning and I now feel confident that using a space heater set at 55 degres inside the PC would serve to keep the interior water pipes from freezing. The most important thing would be to drain the water heater after each camp-out or to leave it heated since I would have power to the RV. I'd opt not to fill the fresh water tank and connect to the city water inlet when camping instead. That would also eliminate using the water pump. I could also leave the furnace thermostat set at 45 degrees as a backup in case the heater malfunctioned. Kermit said leaving the furnace set on 45 degrees by itself would also be an option with electrical power to run the fan. He estimated I could go at least three weeks on a tank of propane in most winter weather conditions in central Illinois.
So, I think I have the facts I need to decide whether or not to bring the Phoenix Cruiser home from the storage garage year around. The $75/month that would save me would go a long way toward the added electrical and propane expenses.
Hopefully this information will be useful to another PC owner.
Glenn Canavan 2010 Model 2350 with no slide out.
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