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been'cast on the federation: We are
still in the dark as to the federation.
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answer. A list of questions was pre
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A few months ago I made the leap from plain old cell phone to smart phone. Being a Verizon customer (and not wanting to switch to AT&T) I chose the Blackberry Storm. It seems about time to write up a mini-review and see if any of my readers have some tips I haven't found elsewhere.
Things I like:
- Touch screen: I love the feeling of clicking when I push down on the screen
- Screen size: The screen is a nice size and makes it easy enough to read emails and participate in chat sessions
- Blackberry Messenger: I don't pay for texting – so I love the Blackberry Messenger – it allows me to pseudo text with my husband
- Generally being connected: I just love that I'm connected wherever I go 🙂
Things I don't like:
- The battery life could be better, but I hear that's the case with any smart phone
- The apps store is a bit hard to search
- and my number one complaint that I hope someone can give me a tip about is the memory!
Let me explain my issues with memory. My Storm came with 1 GB onboard memory and an 8 GB memory card. That's 9 GB of memory. Of which only 128 MB are devoted to apps!!! That means once I installed my chat, Facebook, Flickr, Google Sync, Google Maps, Twitter and Where I was done – I now have 5 MB left in memory space and many more apps that would be useful for me to have. I have read all of the support sites and forums and they all say the same, you can't install apps on the memory card and you can't change the allocation of onboard memory to allow for 1 GB for apps and all other media on the memory card.
Can someone please explain to me the thinking behind this?? It has been a long time since 128 MB was a lot of space … a long long long time. Why the heck would the Blackberry people think this was a good idea? How is memory allocated on the iPhone? How is it done on other smart phones?
Overall I'm happy with my new phone and love having the ability to chat and email while stuck on long trips without taking out my laptop – I just wish there was some way to install more apps so that I could be even more productive.
This review was prompted by this post at drunkencomputing with a list of must-have apps for the Storm.


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Planning to decide a trip to spend your vacations? The first thought to arise in your mind must be regarding selection of a comfortable and luxurious resort. It is something that can change the mood of your trip completely. The trend of luxurious, ultra-luxurious and designers hotels has been so widely extended all around the world that it has now become one of the largest market of the world in regard with business. Many renowned groups are running world famous hotel chains with their brilliance and earning a great revenue out of it.
1. InterContinental Hotels Group
At the top position, we have got InterContinental Hotels Group for definite reasons regarding its strong position in this market. Considered as one of the first luxury hotel chains, it has over 178 hotels with 53 currently in development. The IHG group has got its brands renowned all over the world by the name of holiday inn, Holiday inn Express, Candlewood Suites, Hotel Indigo and Staybridge suites. It has got a net worth of $20.20 billion.
2. Jumeirah
Jumeirah, as the name indicates, comprises of a large chain of beautiful and amazing luxury chains in the list of hotels. It is mainly popular in the Middle East as well as Maldives, Frankfurt, Rome, Istanbul and London. It has been a blessing for the tourist and other settlers to stay in there and expose the luxuries provided by the team.
3. Marriott International
Founded on the name of J. Willard Marriott, it started as just a beer stand at a roadside in Washington DC. It lately expanded to a chain of restaurants and hotels. This group has now 4,000 properties in almost 74 countries. The names of the brands coming under the name of Marriott Hotels include JW Marriott Hotels and Resorts, the Ritz-Carlton and Bulgari Hotels and Resorts. It has come to a net worth of almost $12.30 billion.
4. Hilton Worldwide
One can never miss the great name of Hilton Hotels in the list of richest hotel chains of the world. It was founded by Conrad N. Hilton in year 1919 in Texas. It was never expected to see this hotel touching zenith of success in future. Gradually, it proved to be one of the most luxurious and amazing hotel chains with its branches spread all over the world. It has ten renowned brands namely Embassy Suites, Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, Hampton, Homewood Suites, Hilton Grand Vacations, Double tree and Home2 Suits. Estimated worth is $8 billion.
5. Accor
The Accor Hotel Group incepted in !960s by Paul Dubrule and Gerrard Pellison in France. Today, it has grown up to such a large extent that it has become tourists' best place to stay or to enjoy. One of the luxury providing high class hotel chains now has over 1600 properties with a net worth of $7.90 billion.
6. Starwood Hotels and Resorts
With its headquarters at Stamford, Starwood Hotels was founded in the year 1980. It grew up on a large scale with the passage of time and came up as one of the richest hotel chains of the world. It is popular among the people looking for best hoteling services around the world. Its branches around the globe include St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W Hotel, Westin, Le Meridien, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft. It has got a worth of approximately $5.60 billion.
7. Wyndham Hotel Group
The next beauty in the names of world's best hotel chains with its luxury motels, hotels and resorts all over the world. It was founded in 1981 by Trammell Crow in Texas. From 1999 to 2004, it suffered some ups and downs in its financial branch but proved it to be one of the progressive and high class brand of the world. It has its three brands namely Baymont Inn and Suites, Microtel Inns and Travelodge. The worth is estimated to $4.25 billion.
8. Hyatt Hotels
Another name from US, we have got the next position filled with Hyatt Hotel Corporation. Founded by Hyatt Von Dehn in 1957, it is considered as one of the very old brands in the list of world high class hotels. It has now almost 500 hotels across the world with a total worth of $3.70 billion. The brands under this banner are the Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Hyatt Resorts and Hyatt Vacation Club.
9. The Rezidor Hotel Group
Having an honor of being the first designer hotel, the Rezidor Hotel chain stands on the next spot of the list with a total worth of $1.12 billion. Its first hotel opened in 1960 and it turned out to be a great success later. It is now that Rezidor Group has 1320 hotels in almost 81 countries. Its brands include Radisson, Radisson Blu, Country Inns and Suites, Hotel Missoni, Park Inn and Park Plaza.
10. Choice Hotels International
Last but not the least, Choice Hotel Group is yet another huge name in regard with the luxurious hotel and resorts all over the world. It was founded in 1939 in US, so considered as the oldest one in the list of richest hotel chains. Now it has 6,200 hotels in more than 30 countries. They claim to be the best and the most efficient with innovations and services.


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Well HELLO Friday! Depending when you read this post, I am either teaching the last day before spring break or I've already started my spring break! Yes, spring break is just as wanted and fun for teachers as it is for students. Heh heh. And with this beautiful weather St. Louis is having, you better believe I'm going to enjoy every minute of it!
I've got five fabulous things to share with you today for Five Things Friday covering all topics from fitness to food to drinks to beauty.
1. Swimming Boot Camp Class
Like I told you last week, I've been totally digging this Saturday morning swimming boot camp class. Yes, I rock a bikini, even with my 33-week belly bump. I'm sure some people (guys especially) are a bit shocked when I
hop wobble roll out of the pool. The class pushes me to swim far longer and far harder than I would on my own. (No worries, I'm still being safe!) I need to record one of our workouts and share it with you because swimming workouts are no joke! They're tough and they work the whole body. I love it! Last Saturday I swam over 2000 meters. You betchya I'm proud of that!
2. Cocogo: Real Fruit Hydration
Cocogo is a new, all natural premium sports drink made with real fruit and coconut water in stick pack which is super convenient to take on the go. I feel like I've been pretty thirsty during my pregnancy, but I don't like to consume sugary drinks. When I had the opportunity to try Cocogo, I jumped at the chance! I love coconut water, so I had a good feeling I'd be a fan. The verdict? Awesome! The raspberry passion fruit, grape, and lemon-lime are all winning flavors. They're not overly sweet, but provide enough sweetness to satisfy. Cocogo helps prevent muscle cramps, has a good balance of electrolytes, is easy on the stomach, and contains seven essential vitamins.
I enjoy drinking Cocogo in the morning when I feel like my body is in need of extra hydration from sleeping, or before bed. If I don't go to bed hydrated, I have experienced a charlie-horse in my calves in the middle of the night. Muscle cramps are pretty common in pregnant women during sleep, and staying hydrated and consuming some electrolytes are a great way to prevent this.
3. Ratio Protein Bars
With my partnership with FitFluential, I was sent a package of Ratio Protein Bars. The first thing to catch my eye was the flavors: Oatmeal, Granola, Peanut Butter Cup, Cookie Crunch, Peanut Butter Banana, and Cake Batter. You guys, a cake batter protein bar? It sounded too good to be true! To be honest, it wasn't quite as good in the flavor department as I anticipated. However, I think I was literally expecting a real cake batter taste. Instead, it tasted very protein-bar-like. Ok it is a protein bar, but some bars taste very protein-y and others don't. I also tasted granola and I really liked it. I thought it tasted less protein-y. I haven't dug into the other flavors, but will update you when I do!
There are many enticing factors about the bars. The 2:1 is the ratio of protein to net carbohydrates. The bars are all natural, gluten-free, non-GMO, no soy protein is used, and they use hormone free protein. All the bars do pack a mean protein punch!
4. Organic India Tulsi Tea
When asked if I would review Organic India Tulsi Tea, I replied yes, but would need caffeine-free flavors as I'm not drinking caffeine during my pregnancy. I was sent three flavors: Ginger, Peppermint, and Cinnamon Rose. I found the history of the tea interesting.
About Tulsi: Throughout India, Tulsi is acclaimed as "The Queen of Herbs" and is revered as a sacred plant infused with healing powers. Traditionally grown in an earthen pot in every family home or garden, Tulsi makes a delicious and nourishing herbal 'tea' abundant in a vast array of health benefits.
- Ginger: This uplifting combination of ginger and Tulsi including Rama, Krishna and Vana stimulate the senses providing an exciting yet relaxing blend. This exotic flavor combination will not only bring transformative energy and calm, but is great for digestion.
- Peppermint: Refreshing and restorative; our ambrosial peppermint blends perfectly with the soft, spicy and pleasing tastes of 'The Queen of Herbs' Tulsi. This combo creates a cooling and invigorating delight, perfect for enlivening your whole day.
- Cinnamon Rose: A delicate blend of Rama, Krishna and Vana Tulsi with cinnamon, cardamom, rose petals and cassia make a harmonious, healing combination which inspires the senses. With a lovely touch of sweetness, this infusion will warm you.
My opinion: Ginger was a bit strong for my liking, but I'm funny about ginger flavors. I like ginger, but find the flavor overpowering, in general (not just with this tea). I will continue to drink it when my stomach is upset as it is definitely calming. Peppermint was my favorite. I love peppermint tea with a splash of milk and sweetener. I was pleasantly surprised with Cinnamon Rose. Usually I have the need to sweeten all my tea, but didn't need to with this. I prefer this tea before bedtime.
5. BelleStyle Friends & Family Discount Code
BelleStyle makes the most unique and gorgeous jewelry. It was born in 2003 by designer and creative director Heather, a St. Louis local. A bit about Heather releasing BelleStyle into the Universe:
Heather's path to BelleStyle begins when she was young and sings her heart out. BelleStyle sightings increase in college when Heather paints, acts, models and starts working with precious metals and semi-precious stones. Heather discovers the healing properties of stones like jade, turquoise, onyx, and quartz. She finds tools that help her mold and work with metal and findings she falls in love with. BelleStyle rejoices when Heather adds heirloom artifacts mixed in with her precious metals, stones, feathers, angel wings and chains.
BelleStyle is offering friends and family (YOU!) 30% off with code FF30. Any BelleStyle piece is sure to make you feel and look more stylish and fashionable. They also make fabulous gifts as each piece is uniquely one of a kind.
Which brands are you familiar with that I shared today? What do you want to try?


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Anthony Foley names Simon Zebo in his first Guinness Pro12 starting XV
Anthony Foley has handed three players their competitive debuts for Munster in tomorrow night's Guinness Pro12 clash with Edinburgh at Thomond Park (kick-off 7.35)
Making their competitive Munster debuts will be hooker Kevin O'Byrne, back-row Shane Buckley and centre Andrew Smith all start.
There is a strong look to the back line which contains Simon Zebo, Ian Keatley and Andrew Conway.
Foley has made six changes to the side that lined out against London Irish in Waterford last week with BJ Botha returning to the front row while Shane Buckley takes the place of Robin Copeland at no. 8.
Johne Murphy, Andrew Smith and Ronan O'Mahony retain their places in the backline but make the positional switches with Smith and Murphy linking up in the centre partnership while O'Mahony moves to fullback.
Munster team to play Edinburgh: (15-9) Ronan O'Mahony; Andrew Conway, Johne Murphy, Andrew Smith, Simon Zebo; Ian Keatley, Duncan Williams; (1-8) John Ryan, Kevin O'Byrne, BJ Botha; Donncha O'Callaghan Capt., Billy Holland, CJ Stander, Sean Dougall, Shane Buckley.
Replacements: (16-23) Duncan Casey, Alan Cotter, Stephen Archer, Dave Foley, Tommy O'Donnell, Cathal Sheridan, Johnny Holland, Ivan Dineen.
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Food Lion – Feedy Awards
Food Lion recognized food banks from across South Carolina at their Feedy Awards which were held in Salisbury, NC on May 3rd, 2017. Harvest Hope Food Bank, Golden Harvest Food Bank, Lowcountry Food Bank, and Second Harvest of Metrolina Food Bank were honored for their efforts in feeding the hungry. In 2016 the food banks, and their 1,600 partner agencies, helped to provide more http://www.scfoodbankassociation.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=147&action=edit#than 85 million meals to the hungry in South Carolina.
Pictured from left to right are Denise Holland, Harvest Hope CEO, Travis McNeal, Golden Harvest CEO, Meg Ham, President of Food Lion, Pat Walker, CEO of Lowcountry Food Bank, Kay Carter, CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank, and Christy Phillips-Brown, Food Lion VP of Communications and Community Relations.
South Carolina Food Bank Association
The four members of The South Carolina Food Bank Association are working together to bring meals to their tables and end hunger in our state. Golden Harvest Food Bank: serving Abbeville, Allendale, Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, and Pickens counties. Harvest Hope Food Bank: serving Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter counties. Lowcountry Food Bank: serving Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina: serving Cherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union, and York counties. Across South Carolina, individuals, families, seniors and children who struggle with hunger on a daily basis can find critical hunger relief through the efforts of the four partnering member food banks in the South Carolina Food Bank Association: More than 860,000 South Carolinians lived below the poverty threshold in 2013. The percentage of South Carolinians classified as living in poverty rose from 18.3 percent to 18.6 percent, or the equivalent of 1 in 5.4 people. This surpasses the national number of 15.8% living in poverty, or 1 in 6.3 people. Each of the four member food banks are 501c3 organizations who utilize many resources to gather, sort, store and distribute food either at their own facilities or directly to at-risk areas in their individual service areas. Their combined efforts distribute millions of pounds of food and provide millions of meals to struggling South Carolinians every year.
The South Carolina Food Bank Association and its four member food banks are proud members of Feeding America, the nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that leads the fight against hunger in the United States. Feeding America combines the efforts of food banks and hunger relief organizations nationwide to feed to more than 37 million people through 61,000 food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters in communities across America. Feeding America also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. To learn more about Feeding America visit www.feedingamerica.org
Golden Harvest Food Bank
Serves: Abbeville, Allendale, Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Oconee, and Pickens counties. Donate http://www.goldenharvest.org
Golden Harvest Food Bank was founded in 1982 and operates three warehouse distribution sites (Augusta, GA, Aiken, SC, and Liberty, SC). Through more than 254,000 family visits in FY2007, Golden Harvest Food Bank distributed more than 10.2 million pounds of food. Golden Harvest is a locally-supported, nonprofit, charitable food distribution center that provides grocery products to the hungry through a network of partner agencies and, faith-based ministries. In 2007, our service area grew to 30 counties within Georgia and South Carolina. Golden Harvest distributes food and supplies to more than 530 partner agencies, including: soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters for abused women and children, and other nonprofit charities such as day care centers, senior citizens programs, and group homes for the disabled. Golden Harvest is volunteer-driven organization, from its Board of Directors to its food sorters. People from all over the Community offer their time to sort canned goods and prepare food for distribution. Our goal is to make sure everyone in our area is aware of the problem of hunger and understands that the only cure for hunger is food
Harvest Hope Food Bank
Serves: Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter Counties. Donate www.harvesthope.org Harvest Hope Food Bank began in 1981 as the result of a shared vision of business leaders and the faith community who set out to provide for the hungry in Columbia, SC. From these simple beginnings, Harvest Hope has continued to increase the scope of its operations and now provides food, comfort and hope to hungry individuals and families in the Midlands, Pee Dee and Greater Greenville regions of South Carolina. Their mission is made possible through partnerships with over 465 service organizations along with their our own individual service programs such as Emergency Food Pantries, Mobile Food Pantries and Senior and Children's Feeding programs. Harvest Hope distributed over 26 million pounds of food in 2014, enough food to provide more than 22 million meals. Throughout their entire 20 county South Carolina service area, Harvest Hope brings hunger relief to more than 9,700 families every week. Harvest Hope served 2,217,336 individuals throughout their 20 county service area in fiscal year 2013-2014, an increase of more than 226,000 people over the previous year. To learn more about Harvest Hope's mission and how you can help provide for South Carolinians struggling with hunger, visit www.harvesthope.org, or follow their progress on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harvest-Hope-Food-Bank/110374789005998?sk=wall or Twitter at https://twitter.com/HarvestHopeFBCached.
Low Country Food Bank
Serves: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, and Williamsburg counties. Donate www.lowcountryfoodbank.org/hope
The Lowcountry Food Bank's (LCFB) mission is to feed the poor and hungry of the ten coastal counties of South Carolina by soliciting and distributing healthy food and grocery products to faith-based nonprofit agencies serving the poor (i.e. – food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens), and to educate the public about the problems of and solutions to domestic hunger. The LCFB is a member of Feeding America and since its inception in 1983, has been the sole clearinghouse for both donated food and USDA food products in coastal SC. The LCFB began its operations by distributing food from a 10,000 sq. ft. rented building in Ladson, South Carolina, to a handful of local emergency feeding agencies. By 1999, the organization's capacity increased dramatically, as in that year the LCFB distributed 1.7 million pounds of food to a total of 196 local faith-based and nonprofit agencies. In order to provide better access to food resources for rural nonprofit agencies, in areas far afield from Charleston, the LCFB opened its first regional food center (RFC) in Yemassee (Beaufort County), SC, in 2000, and then a second RFC in Myrtle Beach in 2002. Since 2000, the LCFB experienced and exponential growth and by 2008, the organization was distributing an annual total of 10 million pounds of food. In order to accommodate the rapidly growing distribution numbers, the LCFB moved into the 60,000 sq. ft. Paul Hulsey Community Food and Nutrition Center in Charleston in November 2008, nearly doubling the size of its main distribution center. This facility is replete with a high-tech warehouse facility, volunteer and community centers, and a full-scale Production Kitchen and Repackaging Center. By the end of 2011, the LCFB nearly doubled the amount of food it distributed in three years, providing nearly 19 million pounds of food to over 300 partner agencies. These agencies now provide food assistance; it is estimated, to over 200,000 coastal South Carolinians annually.
Second Harvest Food Bank
Serves: Cherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union, and York counties Donate www.secondharvestmetrolina.org
As part of Feeding America, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (SHFBM), serves 19 counties in North Carolina and South Carolina. SHFBM provides a regional distribution warehouse and branches that supply food and grocery items to charitable agencies that assist people in need. SHFBM's branches include: the Pee Dee Branch in Mt. Gilead, NC; the Catawba Branch in Hickory, NC; the Dallas Branch in Dallas, NC; and the Spartanburg Branch in Spartanburg, SC. The main branch and distribution warehouse is located in Charlotte, NC. In fiscal year 2010-2011, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina distributed 37 million pounds of food and essential grocery items to approximately 650 hunger feeding agencies, including emergency pantries, soup kitchens, senior programs, shelters and low-income daycares. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina has five programs targeted at helping to end hunger: Community Food Rescue, Mobile Pantry, Kids Café, Backpack Program and Second Helping. With 15.1% of the Second Harvest service area population living in poverty, including almost 185,000 children and seniors, these programs are critical. The Community Food Rescue Program is a "go green" program aimed at reducing food waste at places that serve food by picking up and re-distributing perishable foods to over 50 agencies in Mecklenburg and Iredell Counties. Annually, the Community Food Rescue program collects over 4 million pounds of food. The Mobile Pantry Program is designed to deliver food to rural areas of the SHFBM service region where poverty rates tend to be higher. In 2011, SHFBM delivered almost two million pounds of food through this program. The Kids Café Program is a childhood hunger initiative in which SHFBM partners with agencies that already serve children at risk of hunger to help provide nutritious meals and snacks at their sites. There are currently (as of May 2012) 40 Kids Café sites in 11 counties. The Backpack Program, another childhood hunger initiative, provides children at risk of hunger with backpacks full of ready-to-eat, nutritious foods for weekends and holidays when school meals are not available. We currently have (as of May 2012) 99 Backpack Programs in 16 counties. The Second Helping Program provides supplemental boxes of nutritious foods to homebound elderly in York, Lancaster, Lincoln, Union, Stanley and Cabarrus counties. The Second Harvest PET Food Bank is a partnership between Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control Services and SHFBM. The program is designed to assist individuals in Mecklenburg County who cannot afford to feed their pets. The goal of this partnership is to help keep pets with their families. To make a monetary donation to the Second Harvest PET Food Bank, make checks payable to Second Harvest – Pet Food Bank. Cash donations are also accepted.


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John F. McCullagh
The First* Christmas Tree - Poem by John F. McCullagh
It was on this day in Thirty one,
That our City got this present;
A Douglas fir, nearly 20 feet,
in Rockefeller Center.
Just simple workmen giving thanks-
Not a single one percenter!
There was just a hint of tinsel
and no lights upon that tree.
Tiffany did not mold Glass stars
for common folks to see.
On that Inauguration day
No speeches certainly.
The stand was simply two by fours
Formed in a simple cross
The Evergreen a symbol
of Everlasting life, of course.
A tiny hint of sacred
amidst Secularity.
Those were dark days in our nation
with so many in distress.
Was it faith or Optimism
The workers were trying to express?
Perhaps they are one and the same
Just in a different dress.
Tonight we light a grander tree
And the mayor makes a speech.
These are days when a better life
seems just beyond our reach.
No longer called a Christmas tree,
Divorced now from that Faith
I feel like something precious died
And we're left with just the Wraith.
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NEOTIE issue 3 is out!
There are articles written by some awesome people on things like:
- Effective Professional Development
- Design Thinking
- SAMR model of integration
- Overcoming fear of tech
- What Netflix teaches us about PD
- What you can gain from Twitter, with a list of individuals and hashtags to consider following
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- Beachwood's IT Department
- Also, my App Evaluation Rubric 🙂
Personal Note
I started this blog just over a year ago (April 15, 2015 was my first post, on getting tabs back in Chrome) and it has truly been the best year of my life. I got engaged to the most wonderful, loving person, traveled to Italy which has been a dream of mine since I was little, made professional connections that have blossomed into great friendships, snagged a pair of jobs that I am so excited to start, and really began feeling like I know who I am and want to be.
It was my aim to post once a week for a full year, and, with the exception of my no-tech time abroad, I have accomplished that goal with 58 posts over the 52 weeks. So, I have decided to cut back on blogging and focus my energies on the changes ahead. I'm certain this won't be my last post, but I can't say when my next will appear. Until then, with many thanks, goodbye!


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The Bucs were comfortable after halftime, but trailed entering the fourth. Things could have been much worse.
By ERNEST HOOPER
© St. Petersburg Times, published November 13, 2000
TAMPA -- The Bucs have outscored opponents 43-22 in the third quarter this season, but that margin would be even greater if the team had not turned in one of its worst third-quarter performances in a 20-15 victory Sunday against Green Bay.
The fourth-quarter heroics of Shaun King and Martin Gramatica would not have been as dramatic if the Packers had not taken a lead, thanks primarily to the Bucs' play after halftime.
The Bucs offense managed two completions for 10 yards, and its rushing attack netted nothing. The Bucs defense gave up 92 yards, six first downs and a 21-yard pass that eventually would lead to the Packers' go-ahead touchdown on a fake field goal at the outset of the fourth quarter. In 15 minutes and 51 seconds, Tampa Bay had gone from a 14-3 lead to a 15-14 deficit.
What happened?
"They were able to move the ball a little bit and, fortunately, we just hung in there well enough until we could get some things going in the fourth quarter," coach Tony Dungy said.
Offensively, Tampa Bay struggled to piece together a drive because one of its key pieces was on the sideline. Starting tight end Dave Moore was less than ready after a tackle on his 22-yard reception gave him a mild concussion.
"I couldn't remember what plays I was running so I had to sit down for a while," Moore said. "I remember catching it and then turning, and the next thing you know, I got a towel on my head on the sideline."
Dungy said the loss of Moore took away the team's ability to run two-tight end sets, a formation the Bucs used to help running back Warrick Dunn gain 52 yards on 10 caries in the first half.
"We actually lost a little bit on offense after Dave Moore got a little nicked up, he said. "He was able to come back in the game, but while he was out, it kind of hurt us as far as a package we wanted to run."
Green Bay's defense played a big role in knocking the Bucs out of synch. The unit blitzed more in the third quarter, hurrying the passes of King and stuffing running back Mike Alstott for a four-yard loss on what appeared to be a run blitz. The Packers also returned to double coverage on receiver Keyshawn Johnson after he caught five passes for 51 yards in the first half.
"We tried to pass a little bit more and they started blitzing," Bucs guard Frank Middleton said. "Blitzing is the answer to everything. Whenever an offense has a good half and you start blitzing, it takes away a lot of things we do, and we just kind of got away from our game plan because of the blitz."
King completed two passes -- 5-yarders to Jacquez Green and Alstott -- and he was intercepted by Antuan Edwards when his pass sailed over Green's outstretched hands on a crossing route.
The offensive line was penalized twice for false starts, and each time the infraction took away an apparent first down.
It didn't help that the Bucs struggled with field position. The team had four possessions in the third quarter and the average starting spot was the Bucs 22-yard line. The lack of offense gave the Packers an average starting spot of the Bucs 45.
"It felt like we were losing the field-position battle the whole second half," cornerback Ronde Barber said. "We couldn't never get them pinned down deep."
Defensively, the Packers had success by coming out early in the third quarter with a no-huddle attack that took the ball from their 33 to the Bucs 19-yard line.
"It caught us off-guard," Barber said. "We had a couple of blitzes that we couldn't get executed, but I think we showed some character because there were some times when we weren't covering anybody but we still didn't let them get any big plays on us. That's what a veteran defense can do for you."
The unit also recorded a big play of its own when Warren Sapp sacked Brett Favre on a third and 9 from the Tampa Bay 19. Not only did that force Green Bay to kick a field goal, but it knocked Favre out of the game with a sprained foot.
That and keeping the Packers out of the end zone were the only positives of a nightmarish quarter for the Bucs.


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A few Exchange PowerShell scriptlets
Figured I would share a few scriptlets I've written recently. Hopefully some of you may find them useful at some point at least.
Scriptlet 1
Find out all users who live on a specific mailbox without having to type the entire mailbox database name:
get-mailbox -database $(get-mailboxdatabase | where-object {$_.name -like "*Database1*"}) | Format-Table Name,Database -wrap -autosize
Scriptlet 2
Get statistics on a specific user without knowing the entire name or if you'd want to find out statistics on all users who have the first name John or last name Doe:
Get-MailboxStatistics -server serverhere | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "*MailboxUserName*"} | Format-Table DisplayName,ItemCount,TotalItemSize
Scriptlet 3
When you are in an environment with multiple Mailbox Servers, it may be annoying to find what disconnected mailbox lives on which server since the Exchange Management Console will only connect to one server at a time and when connected, it'll only show disconnected mailboxes for that specific server. This scriptlet will cycle through all mailbox servers and report back all disconnected mailbox servers and which disconnected mailbox lives on which mailbox server.
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$mbx = Get-ExchangeServer | Where-Object {$_.IsMailboxserver -eq $true} foreach ($server in $mbx) { Get-Mailboxstatistics -Server $Server | Where-Object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Format-Table DisplayName,ItemCount,OriginatingServer -wrap }
Scriptlet 4
Based on a CSV file, export users contacts that were created after a certain start date to a PST file. A copy of how the CSV should be formatted is located here. While the CSV contains multiple columns, the script only utilizes the Account Name column by default. If you want to modify what columns it uses, you can change the line below that starts with $AdName =. After the script pulls the name in the Account Name field, it finds the mailbox using the Get-Mailbox command with the name that was specified in the Account Name field.
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$file = "pstusers.csv" $PSTLocation = "C:\PSTs" $StartDate = "03/20/2009" ############################################ ####### Don't modify below this line ####### ############################################ $erroractionpreference = "SilentlyContinue" if (!(Test-Path -path $PSTLocation)) { Write-Host "Creating the Directory $PSTLocation" -ForegroundColor Yellow New-Item -ItemType "Directory" -Path $PSTlocation } if (Test-Path $file) { $excel = Import-CSV $file foreach ($line in $excel) { $AdName = $line."Account Name" $Mailbox = Get-Mailbox $AdName if ($Mailbox) { Write-Host "$AdName is being exported to $PSTLocation" $Mailbox | Export-Mailbox -PSTFolderPath $PSTLocation -StartDate $StartDate -ExcludeFolders "\Inbox","\Deleted Items","\Drafts","\Junk E-mail","\Outbox","\Sent Items","\Journal","\Calendar","\Notes","\Tasks" } else { Write-Warning "$ADName Mailbox Does not Exist" } } } else { Write-Warning "The file $file does not exist" }
Scriptlet 5
If you are familiar with Quest Notes Migrator for Exchange, you may have had the chance to migrate data to a PST file. What you will see, is that the PST gets migrated with the Display Name of the user. For example, we if migrated the Notes mailbox of Elan Shudnow to a PST, the PST file name would be Elan Shudnow.PST. A lot of people won't want to migrate the PST directly from Quest NME to a user's home share because that user's home share may be located in a remote site and opening a PST file across a network isn't really a good idea; especially over long distances.
So I wrote a script so you can migrate all the PST files locally and then it'll check the Display Name portion of the PST file and use that display name to find a matching user in AD and then find their home directory and then copy that PST file to that home share.
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# Set Location to where the PST files are started Set-Location "E:\" $pstData = Get-ChildItem -recurse | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*.pst"} function Get-HomeDirectory ($displayName) { $ads = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher([ADSI]'') $ads.filter = "(&(objectClass=Person)(displayName=$displayName))" $s = $ads.FindOne() return $s.GetDirectoryEntry().homeDirectory } foreach ($pstUser in $pstData) { $PSTName = $pstUser.Name $PSTDisplayName = $pstUser.Name.split(".")[0] $PSTDisplayName = $PSTDisplayName.split("-")[0] $Path = $PSTUser.DirectoryName + "\" + $PSTUser.Name $Directory = Get-HomeDirectory $PSTDisplayName Copy-Item $Path $Directory }
Elan Shudnow :: May.14.2009 :: Exchange, PowerShell ::
11 Responses to "A few Exchange PowerShell scriptlets"
on 15 May 2009 at 8:40 am1A few Exchange PowerShell scriptlets « JC's Blog-O-Gibberish
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Hi Elan,
Scriptlet 1: Get-MailboxDatabase Identity parameter accept wildcard characters so you could skip Where-Object and do:
Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity *Database1* | Format-Table Name,Database -wrap -autosize
on 17 May 2009 at 8:07 am3Elan Shudnow
Can't believe I didn't know that! *slaps self* Thanks Shay.
on 11 Dec 2009 at 9:14 am4shany
Hi Elan
Could you please add one script or command line ,where we can use both Get-mailbox and Get-MailboxStatistics?
I have one example ,but its trhrowing error
"MailboxDisplayName,SAMAccount,EmployeeID,Department,ServerName/StoreName,Size,TotalItems,LastLoggedOnUserAccount,LastLogoffTime,LastLogonTime"| out-file GMS.csv;Get-Mailbox -resultsize unlimited -server st-excl21 | Get-MailboxStatistics -server st-excl21 | ForEach{$a = $_.DisplayName;$b=$_.Alias;$c=$_.CustomAttribute12;$d=$_.CustomAttribute4;$e=$_.database;$f=$_.TotalItemSize.Value.ToMB();$g=$_.itemcount;$h=$_.LastLoggedOnUserAccount;$i=$_.LastLogoffTime;$j=$_.LastLogonTime;"$a,$b,$c,$d,$e,$f,$g,$h,$i,$j"} | out-file GMS.csv -Append
Please help
on 30 Mar 2010 at 1:44 pm5Gary
Do you know how to script the sharing of the calendar for a shared mailbox
on 30 Mar 2010 at 8:04 pm6Elan Shudnow
Use exfolders for Exchange 2010 and PFDAVAdmin for Exchange 2003/2007.
on 15 Sep 2011 at 4:50 am7Rrrrr
for script 3 how can i get it to either:_a. output in alphabetical order_or_b. output to a spreadsheet like excel so i can sort the order alphabetically_the script is great but having them out of order i have to constantly watch the screen and we have hundreds to go through sometimes.
on 21 Sep 2011 at 3:19 pm8Elan Shudnow
Change this line:
Get-Mailboxstatistics -Server $Server | Where-Object { $_.DisconnectDate -ne $null } | Select-Object DisplayName,ItemCount,OriginatingServer | Export-CSV C:\file.csv -notypeinformation
Basically, the Format-Table is Powershell Formatting only. Select-Object is agnostic and allows you to pipe the results using Export-CSV.
on 09 Feb 2012 at 6:04 am9existentialdepress
Could you please add one script or command line ,where we can use both Get-mailbox and Get-MailboxStatistics?
on 17 Oct 2012 at 1:08 pm10Rose- Norfolk Va
Thank you for the cool scripts. :)
on 15 Apr 2013 at 9:32 am11Faith quotes
I added your blog to favorites Looking for more update.


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May 19th, 2010 by Kitty
Clark College students now have access to two highly popular software packages: Microsoft Office Project, and Adobe Creative Suite 4. The Adobe package includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and other web production applications.
Each of these packages is installed on one PC in the Computer Lab, CTC 203. Look for the signs or ask a lab assistant to direct you to the correct PC.


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Website Design, Templates and Policy
The many programs and services offered by the University of Georgia are a large part of what makes it one of the world's greatest universities. Thanks to the web, thousands of visitors are able to experience the variety of programs and services that UGA has to offer. To ensure their experience adds to the positive image of UGA, the campus needs to present websites that are readily identifiable as part of the university, up-to-date, easy to use and attractive.
This style guide is intended for faculty, staff and students who design web pages for departments and other official university units. The guide and accompanying templates are intended to provide web designers with the flexibility to create websites that have a unique design while meeting minimum standards for the identity of the university.
Please note the UGA graphic identity is not to be used on personal pages. Specifically, personal pages should not use images, logos, graphics or text found on the university home page or other official pages.
The University of Georgia Website Disclaimer Policy
All University of Georgia websites are required to affix the disclaimer statement below on each web page included in such websites. This requirement extends to all pages that in any way, explicit or implicit, imply affiliation with the University of Georgia. This requirement is effective for any and all pages that are physically housed on university-owned computer and networking equipment or on third-party equipment.
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It does not apply to pages which clearly by their function express official information on behalf of the University of Georgia, including:
- The UGA gateway Web site (http://www.uga.edu)
- Any second-level pages
- Any academic school or college
- Any academic department
- Any administrative unit (e.g., Student Affairs and all affiliated units, such as University Housing, Student Activities, Minority Services and Programs, etc.)
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Sites and pages to which this requirement applies include, but are not limited to:
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NOTE: Faculty pages used exclusively for posting syllabi and other course-directive
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You should include somewhere on each page an explicit link to the home page. The link should read either University of Georgia Home or UGA Home. This link can be HTML text or part of a text graphic.
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The email address of the person responsible for maintaining the page and responding user feedback: e.g. Feedback, questions or accessibility issues: email@example.com.
The date the page was last updated: (e.g. Last updated: March 6, 2016).
- Academic Departments
Academics departments should include all of the following features described above, plus:
• Information for prospective students including links to Undergraduate Admissions and Graduate School admissions
• Information distinguishing undergraduate program offerings (if applicable)
- Accessible design
In association with the Disability Resource Center and web design experts on campus, EITS has selected and deployed LIFT, a server-based tool from UsableNet Inc., that dynamically generates customizable "text-only" views of websites. To make text-only versions of your pages, simply add a new link to your main page. The link could say, for example, "Text-Only Version", and your URL link code would look like this:
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St.Patrick's Day Drinks & Food | Green Beer&Cocktails
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No matter you are hosting a party this St.Patrick's Day or not, you definitely have tons of options how to bring the mood in. For sure one of the essential ingredients for the celebration is the combination between St.Patrick's Day drinks and food.
I might bravely say that although the idea behind this holiday is far superior, St. Patrick's Day is a celebration that is obviously made for eating and drinking (well, constantly for drinking beer)! Here you'll find good and tasted ideas for St.Patrick's Day drinks & food.
You might likewise desire to consist of conventional Irish dishes such as corned beef and cabbage or a hearty stew. If those foods simply aren't your taste – simply go with party favors that are currently green such as guacamole, green salsa Verde, and spinach dip. Chicken Chile Verde is also a good choice for its green color and lime, as well as pasta salad from green (spinach) noodles or a great big salad with chicken and Green Goddess salad dressing.
Here's the Jamie Oliver YouTube channel's video that shows how to prepare the original Irish stew – it looks so so delicious…
One of the fastest and easiest guacamole recipes to me is this one (with all the chopping it takes about 40 minutes altogether, but if you have a proper chopper- probably less). You need 2 avocados [mashed], 1 small onion [finely chopped], 1 clove garlic [minced], 1 ripe tomato [chopped], 1 lime [juiced], salt and pepper to taste. That's super easy to make because you only need (except for the chopping and mashing) to mix everything in a bowl. Chill for half an hour to blend flavors and then serve with tortilla chips.
You can always make some fun cookie and muffins decorated with leprechauns and shamrocks or whatever you associate with the holiday, using some of these super cute ideas.
When talking about drinks, you can easily prepare your green beverages with food coloring. I am mainly talking about the green beer, which is most common for the feast. Start with food coloring by adding 3 drops of green food coloring for each bottle of beer. Note that you better use lager beer (the light one) as using a dark beer (like Guinness) will require too much food coloring which may change the flavor of the beer, or not even color the beer at all. Add the food coloring to the bottom of an empty glass – this will let the beer mix better with the coloring. Of course you can always adjust some more color by adding more dye. If the green coloring is already out of stock, you can also use blue. Remember from the early childhood painting classes that blue and yellow make green? Yes, it's true. But be sure to test a drop of blue in a little of the beer to see the result before spoiling all the drink. (this is really useful for all the green cocktails)
For the end of the night, you can take some fancy Irish coffees (you know, coffee with whiskey and whipped cream- yummy!) And don't forget the kids – make a green lemonade or simply add some mint syrup in the Sprite / 7 Up. It's gorgeous!
Of course, we know that Guinness is the hit of the night, but if you are a non-beer drinker, we've got some cocktails that will certainly put you in St.Patrick's day party mood – of course, all green! So you can get an extra dose of Irish luck with some of my favorite green cocktails (such as green apple vodka martinis or green mojito). The good news is that preparing a cocktail is so easy task – you only need a shaker (or a big empty thermos), some spirits, and that's it! Here are the 10 recipes which I am personally fond of, so you can pick your poison for the night and CHEERS!
1) Green Dragon
Products for 1 serving:
30 ml. vodka
30 ml. mint liqueur
2 tablespoons crushed ice
2cocktail cherries
Preparation for 5 minutes: Pour the vodka (30 ml.) and the peppermint liqueur (30 ml.) in a shot glass. Then chock-filled with crushed ice. Decorate (inside the cocktail as shown on the image) with the cocktail cherries.
2) Aqua Marina
The products for 1 serving are:
30 ml. vodka
20 ml. mint liqueur
15 ml. lime juice
120 ml. champagne
The 5 minute (or maybe less) preparation is: Mix the vodka, mint and lemon juice in a shaker. Then pour the liquid into a thin and tall glass of champagne. Top up with the champagne and serve.
3) Irish Julep
3 oz. Jameson Irish Whiskey
1/2 oz. Simple Sugar Syrup
1 oz. Water
½ oz. Crème de Menthe or 10-15 fresh mint leaves
3 sprig(s) Mint for decoration
So easy – add all ingredients into a highball glass (or shaker) filled with crushed ice, pour into tall glasses and garnish with a mint sprig.
* 1 oz is approximately 30 ml.
4) Lunar Leprechaun ( recipe by Mixologist Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist)
1-1/2 measure Tequila
1 measure Melon Liqueur (to escape from the mint flavor)
1/2 measure Triple Sec
1 measure Fresh Lime Juice
Lime Wheel Garnish
Build in a traditional margarita glass over ice or in a tall decorative glass over ice. Use the lime to garnish. It's option to salted the rim. And if you drink too many of these, no wonder seeing leprechauns all around you.
5) Green Apple Martini
Ingredients for 1 serving (via www.tasteofhome.com)
- Ice cubes
- 2 ounces vodka
- 1-1/2 ounces sour apple liqueur
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Green apple slice for garnishing
Fill ¾ of the shaker with ice. Add the vodka, apple liqueur, and the lemon juice. Cover and shake for 10-15 seconds or until condensation forms on the outside of shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
6) Green Tea Mojito by Clinton Kelly
- 4 limes, juiced
- 1 cup mint leaves, plus extra for garnish
- 1/2 cup simple syrup
- 2 cups strongly brewed green tea, chilled
- 1 1/2 cups white rum
- 2 cups club soda
- 4 cups ice (plus more)
In pitchers, add the lime juice, simple syrup, mint and muddle with the end of a wooden spoon. Add the chilled green tea, white rum, club soda and ice. Stir to combine. Serve in a tall glass, with more ice if necessary, and garnish with mint leaves. Of course if you don't have time to make simple syrup, muddle mint and a few tablespoons of sugar together.
7) Green Devil
You need:
2 oz Malibu Rum
1 oz Blue Curaçao
7 oz Orange Juice
First you put ice in a tall glass. Then pour the blue curaçao and the malibu in the glass. Fill up with orange juice, you stir and voila! Because of mixing blue and orange, the drink should get a light green color. It is a refreshing tropical fruit drink and I hope you enjoy as much as I do!
8) Shamrocker via LAVO Las Vegas
Shot of Bushmill's Irish Whiskey
½ oz. Crème de Menthe
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
Combine all ingredients in a blender, blend on medium, and pour into a martini glass.
9) The Hulk
Ingredients for 2 servings
2 oz Vodka
1 1⁄2 oz Banana Liqueur
1 1⁄2 oz Blue Curaçao
1 cup Sprite
Prepare in a shaker and a Collins glass. Combine vodka, blue curacao, and banana into a shaker filled with ice. Shake for at least 10 seconds and then pour halfway into Collins glass filled with ice. Top up with Sprite and garnish with 2 maraschino cherries. (recipe brought to you thanks to http://mybestcocktails.com)
10) Belladora
For the full version of the cocktail you need:
Cognac – 15 ml
Cointreau – 15 ml
grapefruit juice – 15 ml
soda pop or Sprite
Mint – 2 tbsp Creme de Menthe
Combine first 3 ingredients together with ice in a shaker. Shake well. Pour the mixture into chilled glass Collins and top up with the soda or Sprite. Add the mint and serve with cocktail stirrer.
Or you can always make the simple version, which is actually my most favorite for the fresh taste and summer mood inspiration. You only mix the mint syrup, the grapefruit juice, and just a little bit Sprite or soda pop. Mmmmmm I love it!
Which are your favorite S.Patrick's Day drinks? Which are your most lovely green cocktails?
I'll be happy to share with me!
Don't forget that food & drinks are only one part of the St.Partick's Day celebration. Get more funny ideas about how to celebrate – simple and easy to do.


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If anyone had asked me whether there was an indigenous Australian rock 'n roll Christmas scene, I would have said well, there must be, though I had no documentary evidence. Now I do, in the form of this 1999 import compilation of holiday-oriented goodies from Oz's Spin and Infinity record labels. The album kicks off with "(I Want a) Rockin' Christmas" by Ol'55, reputed to be the most successful Down Under Christmas single of all. It's from 1976 and has the sound of a 70s band pretending to be a 60s band, with a bunch of Spector-once-removed flourishes. The version here was remixed for a late '90s Russell Crowe movie, "The Sum of Us." Unfortunately, you have to pole-vault over the next 12 rock-free cuts -- 50s youth pop and kid-oriented stuff like Rolf Harris' version of "Happy Birthday, Father Christmas" -- to get to The Love Machine's "The Lonely Hearts Club Christmas Party," a slice of 1968 psychedelia that takes us back to Ol'55 again with the B-side of their hit, a rendition of "Little Saint Nick" that sounds a bit like Freddy and the Dreamers doing it. Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons -- excuse me, His Little Helpers on this song -- come up with a serviceable cover of "Run Rudolph Run" and the Red Hot Rockin' Santas cover Gary Glitter on "Another Rock 'n Roll Christmas." At this point, even Oz gets overrun by the disco trend as kid-show host Shirley gets down with "Christmas Time in the Neighbourhood," then gets all serious on "Christmas Children." The Incredible Penguins dish out a 1985 cover of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" with backing vocals from such as Colin Hay and Bob Geldof, not to mention the Hare Krishna chorus. "Reindeers on the Rooftop" by Riff Raff is kind of thuddy in an 80s drum machine vein, while Yu-En's 1986 version of "Little Drummer Boy" throws in a nice India vibe with tabla and sitar before it goes into the 80s pop beat. Journeyman Mick Hamilton wraps the album with country rocker "Merry Christmas Mary." Most of what I give you here comes from the copious liner notes. Amazon has a page for it, but my most recent check showed it out of stock.
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The Kevin and Bean compilations were a Christmas fanatic's tradition through the 1990s to the mid-2000s, particularly those who like their holidays to include rock 'n roll. I've posted several of them to this site over the years, limited by the fact that the nerve center and home office of this Internet holiday way station is far to the east of the these United States, while the radio station from which these compilations emanate is hard by the West Coast of this selfsame country, making purchase of hardcopy albums difficult and/or expensive. As I'm still getting content moved over from the old static version of the site to the current content-managed site, I stumbled over the fact that I still had a Kevin & Bean comp hiding on my desk that had never been posted before, so here it is. This one, from 1997, is billed as a "greatest hits" version, compiling the best of the series from the early to mid-1990s, all of which had previously been released on cassette. This collection added a few new items to the playlist in honor of the series' switchover to CD. Just as all the others did, this mixes music from rock bands and spoken word items from comedians and celebrities. A couple of rarities that don't show up much nowadays from this album include Squirrel Nut Zippers' "Santa Claus Is Smoking Reefer" and Snoop Dogg's two songs "Christmastime in the LBC" and, with Nate Dogg, "Twas the Night." Smashing Pumpkins' "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and Stone Temple Pilots' "Christmastime Is Here" were done live, Third Eye Blind's "One of Those Christmas Days" sounds like it was done live in the studio, and John Wesley Harding banters with Kevin & Bean on "Feel the Warmth." Poe, she of "Angry Johnny" fame, pulls off a seriously intentioned version of "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" that almost breathes life back into that overplayed novelty. Smash Mouth does an Elvis impression on their "Blue Christmas," Soul Coughing plays "Suzy Snowflake," ska stars Reel Big Fish take on "Mele Kalikimaka," Mighty Mighty Bosstones offer "Christmastime," and Presidents of the United States contribute "Christmas Piglet." Songs that have turned up elsewhere more frequently are Sugar Ray's "Little St. Nick," Everclear's "Santa Baby," Tori Amos' "Little Drummer Boy" and Beck's "Little Drum Machine Boy." A group called Mmm offers their version of "Me and Mrs. Claus," a parody of the Billy Paul hit, though not the same parody done by Bob Rivers. Spoken word contributions come from Johnny Cash, Jon Stewart, Bobcat Goldthwait, Cindy Crawford, Henry Winkler, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, Gene Simmons and Jenny McCarthy. As you might guess from the title, R-rated language crops up occasionally. I've linked the cover art to an Amazon page that will connect you to 3rd-party sellers who have new and used versions of this disc.
This 2012 song has very little to do with the oft-mooted stereotype of Jewish people clogging such establishments on Dec. 25 every year. This is more of a piano-led ballad of crying in one's moo goo gai pan over lost love on the holiday. It's pretty good, if downbeat. From their self-titled album. Video below.
From 2012, a fine boisterous rocker about the holiday, no relation to the "Chestnuts" song (I try to use the word Chestnuts in the title when writing about that song). This English band from Oxfordshire formed in 2010 and they've posted a video with lyrics as well. Check 'em out.
Just recently had my attention directed to this on Bandcamp. These albums were curated by Ben Gortmaker and released between 2006 and 2008 on CDs. I had downloaded a compilation that included cuts from all three, but when I went back to Bandcamp that collection appears to have been remaindered, though all three of the original albums remain available. So this rundown of songs cuts across all three albums, which remain up on Bandcamp. Ben himself performs "All Is Emmanuel" and a folky Americana version of "Angels We Have Heard On High" that segues into something a bit dronier about halfway through. Natalie Prass sings the jazzy shuffle "No Better Time," Treva Blomquist takes the acoustic pop approach to "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus," while David Spencer adds some pop sheen to the same approach on "O Come All Ye Faithful." Sanders Bohlke sounds positively mournful on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," as does Mikky Ekko on a harmonium-led "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming." Stephen Gordon misses a lost lover on "Christmas Cards," and sadness overwhelms Aron Wright on "Christmas Ain't Christmas This Year." "O Star O'er Bethlehem" by Erika Chambers leads with a gypsy violin, Joe Gilder does an acoustic "O Come O Come Emanuel," and Chelsey Scott offers "In the Bleak Midwinter and Charlie Hardin performs a slow acoustic "O Holy Night." There's a heavy emphasis on traditional songs and forms here, though there are some more pop and rock moments as well.
Originally a benefit record for Hale House, which cares for drug-addicted and HIV positive babies, this 1995 album is mostly cover versions by Atlantic artists. It's very listenable, especially if you enjoy alternative rock. Original tunes are Juliana Hatfield's "Make It Home," Donna Lewis's "Christmas Lights" and Everything But the Girl's "25th December." Jill Sobule does great justice to Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas From the Family," Mary Karlzen is the first female singer I know of to cover "Run Rudolph Run," Collective Soul puts a Bo Diddley spin on "Blue Christmas," Tori Amos does her ethereal thing on a solo piano version of "Little Drummer Boy" and Victoria Williams can't be mistaken for anybody else on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." A worthwhile collection for a rockin' Christmas. I made a point of promoting this to the front page because it appears that Amazon still makes this album available on CD through its custom CD-R burning service. Click the cover to grab it. No download available, as far as I know. UPDATE: I just stumbled on a Rhino collection from 2004 called Not Another Christmas Album that has part of You Sleigh Me's playlist. It includes the songs by Tori Amos, Collective Soul, Mary Karlzen, Everything But the Girl and Donna Lewis. It adds other songs by Willa Ford, Pretenders and the Ramones. It's out of print, but you can get it from 3rd parties on Amazon.
We previously mentioned Anthologies, the artistic collective local to the creative community of Leeds in the UK, and their 2012 Christmas album. This is their 2011 Christmas album, featuring some of the same artists seeking financial support for the collective. Paul Thomas Saunders opens up with a slow and downcast version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," and the song is reprised in a solo guitar version by Mi Mye later in the disc; Himself takes on Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," although the minute or so of warmup at the beginning tests a listener's patience; and Grant K Fennell breaks out the accordion for a rendition of Low's "Just Like Christmas." Hannah Peel's "I Believe in Father Christmas" gets a folky music-box arrangement, Run Speed Tiger covers Sufjan Stevens' "That Was the Worst Christmas Ever," Pengillys perform "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts)," and Lone Wolf goes solo with only reverb guitar on "Fairytale of New York." Just Handshakes gives us a sparse but rocking version of "I Still Believe in Christmas Trees," Chi & the Twelfth Wall do a chamber-pop rendition of "Dear Autumn," Arthur Rigby takes a Kinks-ian approach to "It Feels Like Christmas," and Sam Airey medleys "In the Bleak Midwinter" with "If You Get Lonely This Christmas" backed by fingerpicked guitar. Wrapping things up are Post War Glamour Girls with "Fathers For Justice (A.D.)," Gary Stewart with "Blue," and Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers with the sprightly "Snow," a bit of New Orleans skiffle with tuba subbing for bass. This is a bit more morose-sounding than the subsequent year's collection, but there's still plenty of highlights. Available only from the link above, with suitable donation.
Anthologies is a not-for-profit artistic collective in Leeds, UK, supporting the creation of music and films. For the past two years they have received support from local musicians who came together to record Christmas songs for compilations that can be downloaded in exchange for a donation to the parent group. This is the 2012 collection, created with the help of Hide & Seek Records, and though the holiday season is past, the album remains featured on their home page. It's an eclectic bunch of songs in an alt-rock vein, kicked off by Backyards' sprightly folk-rock rendition of "In the Bleak Midwinter," followed closely by Blue Roses' close cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and Dan Beesley & the S.S.S.S.S.'s blues-rock cover of "Mistletoe & Roses," originally a hit for Cliff Richard. Ellen and the Escapades do an Americana take on "Little St. Nick," Honour Before Glory & Sam Airey put a pensive spin on Sir Paul's "Wonderful Christmastime," and Witch Hunt do a very slow take of "Little Drummer Boy" that includes "Peace on Earth," a combination that's growing in popularity recently. Get Machine, Destroy! does a house take on "Zat You, Santa Claus," Hope & Social render "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" in an antique choral arrangement, and Dancing Years rearrange "Silent Night" into something from a Sufjan Stevens album. The Birthday Kiss render "Sentimental Christmas" in a pop-rock ballad style, Stalking Horse's "Morning Christmas" is slow and portentious, and Swimming Lessons may not be "All Alone On Christmas," but you will certainly feel this way after listening to this droning chant. These Men want to know "How Come You're Only Nice To Me On Christmas," Post War Glamour Girls perform "The Second Stave," a bell-driven chant, Grant K Fennell breaks out the ukelele for "Little White Boat," and Fossil Collective presents a ballad, "The Power of Love." This is an interesting collection that supports a good cause. Available only from the organization's website.
If you're a fan of obscure pop-rockers and 90s alternative, this 1991 compilation is one of the more listenable ways to celebrate the season. Artists include Matthew Sweet, Material Issue, The Cavedogs, The Spongetones, Shoes, and a number of others. In fact, it was produced for the most part by the folks behind Shoes, who were arguably the first-ever indie-rock group, releasing their Black Vinyl Shoes album completely independently in 1977. Nearly all the tunes are originals by the bands involved, except Don Dixon and Marti Jones' sharp and too-short cover of William Bell's "Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday." They don't Christmas up the arrangements too much, which could be good or bad depending on your taste, but there are a lot of interesting lyrical takes on the holiday, from the single-entendre of "Piece For Christmas" by Big People to Spooner's "The Saddest Time of the Year." And The Cavedogs get points for doing a "You Know My Name -- Look Up the Number" -- styled piece with the epic title "Three Wise Men and a Baby." I've linked the cover to Amazon, as is the current practice here, though Amazon only has 3rd-party sellers with new and used copies. It is possible, however, to buy it from Black Vinyl Records in the current day.
A pretty good alternative compilation from 1991 featuring some recognizable names. Crash Test Dummies do a pretty straight-up version of "The First Noel," The Wedding Present tackles Elton John's "Step Into Christmas," Young Fresh Fellows perform "O Little Town of Bethlehem," Henry Rollins recites "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and the Hoodoo Gurus do "Little Drummer Boy (Up the Khyber)," in a Russian folk version. Other cuts include "Blue X-mas (To Whom It May Concern)" by Drunken Boat, "Silent Night" by the Primitives, "Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella" by Carnival Art, "O Holy Night" by Divine Weeks, "Kings of Orient" by The Odds and "Here Comes Santa Claus" by Clockhammer. UPDATE: This is a more than necessary update, as a reissue of this album for 2012 on Funzalo Records, despite having the same title and cover art, is for all intents and purposes a completely different album. Only Clockhammer, Divine Weeks, and Drunken Boat cross over to the new version. The other songs are gone, replaced with 12 other tunes, seven of which are done by a band called Sirsy. Six of those songs are standard pop songs and carols done in a blues-mama belting style, not terrible but not particularly remarkable, either. The seventh song is an original called "Some Kind of Winter," a not-bad ballad. The Jolly Boys give a Caribbean reading to "Long Time Ago in Bethlehem," aka "Mary's Boy Child," and "Christmas a-Coming." Robin Lane, she of the 70s-80s act Robin Lane and the Chartbusters, has two songs, "My Xmas List" and "A Winter's Night," both from 2011, and the final song is "Christmas Gets Me Down" by Luca, a decent mid-tempo power pop number. I can't imagine why the current producer thought it was a good thing to rip off the name and cover of a previous classic holiday compilation; a different title and cover art was clearly called for here. Nevertheless, the current version of the album isn't exactly terrible by any means, it's just not the classic album that's been hollowed out and strung up. If you click the cover art, it will take you to an Amazon page that shows 3rd party sellers with copies of the original; click the Funzalo link and it will take you to the "updated" album.
"Ontario's next big thing," according to their Facebook page's quote from a radio host, is a country-fried rock 'n roll band with a couple of albums to their credit. This 2009 song is a more bluesy strut with guest vocalist Ginger being the subject of the song as well as the duet partner. I believe Cool Christmas Songs on Facebook had the video up, which is how I discovered it.
This is an excellent midtempo pop ballad with an unironic holiday greeting for listeners everywhere from this Winnepeg band. It's from 2009 and you can grab it from Amazon.
Josi is actually a jazz guy, so I wouldn't normally address this except for the presence of Smithereens songwriter DiNizio, who slips off his rock 'n roll shoes to duet on "Winter Wonderland" and "White Christmas." Those two songs are as you'd expect, set to a bossa nova beat, and the EP fills out with the same two songs minus DiNizio. Perfectly fine renditions, but no Mistletunes mojo to these songs.
Looks like we lost track of these guys after featuring one new Christmas album of theirs after another for several years. For those who don't remember, they're a punk band exclusively dedicated to Christmas music. They're a bit less prolific nowadays, but I'm still annoyed that I missed out on this 2010 release of theirs, which takes the 12 Days song and replaces the gifts with terms from the Urban Dictionary. The cover art shows a Parental Advisory warning, and I think I'll let that speak for itself, as typically anybody who refers you to the Urban Dictionary for a word meaning is trying to avoid making a NSFW reference out loud. In other Jingle Punx news, they had a new song out in 2012, "The Parting Glass," an Irish traditional song with a similar theme to "Auld Lang Syne," but don't worry, they punked it up real nice; and an archive release of their version of "Jolly Old St. Nicholas." They've also expanded to Halloween and other holidays, and you can check all this stuff out at their Bandcamp page.
The Fab Four, a fairly well-known Beatles tribute band, created two full albums of Christmas goodness for 2002 under the titles A Fab Four Christmas and Have Yourself a FAB-ulous Little Christmas for Laserlight, a budget label, but apparently they didn't stay in print long, if the complaints of some fans are anything to go by. A few years ago, the band took matters into their own hands and reissued the two discs in a single wrapper, a clever one too, one that parodies the U.S. version of the Help! album. The Fabs cut a wide swath across the history of the Beatles -- the two CDs, in their original packaging, are even color-coded the same as the famous Beatles 62-66 and 67-70 collections (see below) to tip off committed listeners -- and their vocal impressions, particularly of Paul and John, are pretty authentic. (One might also note the red album has a strong resemblance to Beatles 1.) Some of the more inventive arrangements include "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" via "When I'm 64" and "Honey Pie," "Silent Night" as "Norwegian Wood," "The Christmas Song" as "Here, There and Everywhere," "Good King Wenceslaus" sung to "Tell Me What You See" and "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" as "Within You Without You." An extra treat on Fabulous is "Dear Santa," a cut from Ringo Starr's Christmas album done to the arrangement of "Oh! Darling." Now that the band has this at its website, there should be no more complaints -- go grab it. Happy Krimble, indeed. UPDATE: Or you could click on the Hark! cover and grab it from Amazon. FURTHER UPDATE: Hark! now has two bonus cuts, "Sleigh Ride," in the style of "Lady Madonna," and "The First Noel" arranged as "Let It Be."
This Manchester label has been like clockwork in putting out a new collection every year for eight years. This 2012 version kicks off with Otalgia's "Dear Santa," in which a brief snippet of "Silent Night" gives way to a punkish letter to the jolly elf with a pessimistic outlook. Chandler D Obelisk performs "Away in a Pret a Manger," what appears to be a satiric poke at a narrator who thinks he's being imposed upon to help a needy person at Christmas time. Laura Skilbeck channels "Friends" character Phoebe with her song "Films About Christmas," Steveless offers "Madvent," a profane parody of "Good King Wenceslaus," and the Paraffins Featuring Chloe Philip give us "Christmas in Glasgow," a synth-pop complaint about a holiday "fiasco, with chicken from Tesco." The Drain on the Balcony's "A Christmas Trilogy" is a medley of three songs, including another parody of "Wenceslaus," Float Riverer do an acoustic, non-Dickens oriented "A Christmas Carol," and Partly Llama also stay acoustic for their "Running Back For Christmas." The Pocket Gods, veterans of numerous Cherryade comps, offer two tunes, a punked-out "Silent Night" and their own "Jesus the Time Traveler," a dirgy, fuzzed-out plea for salvation. The Low Countries offer "Carry On Christmas," in which St. James is looking down on the proceedings from heaven eating crackers while the vicar prepares a holiday dinner, or I think that's what they're on about, anyway. Collider Featuring Jason Dixon presents "Little Drummer Boy" as a drone, throwing in "Peace on Earth" as well, and Lance Romance sings about "The Boy Who Saved Christmas." Cherryade is only making this available from their website, and they've only pressed 100 copies, so it's entirely possible this is sold out already.
This Northwest band donated this song to a Christmas In the Northwest charity compilation in 2005, and it's definitely a cult anthem, the cult being everybody who works in retail, military, law enforcement, as a caregiver or first responder, a daily newspaper, and quite a few other vocations that don't get holidays off. The whole Xmas NW compilation is still downloadable via Amazon, and this song can be picked individually. UPDATE: Forgot I had a link to a video of the song; here it is.


text: The Titans placed cornerback Tommie Campbell on injured reserve today to make room for quarterback John Skelton on the 53-man roster. Campbell suffered a shoulder injury in the Nov. 3 game against the Rams and was inactive against the Jaguars and Colts. Share on Facebook Posted In: League News, Team News Source: Titans Insider


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Ya'll: it's been awhile since I boasted an award. I mean, I did win an award for Excellent Punctuality while working at Starbucks in college, but that quickly lost its shine when I then was told I was too chatty with the customers. So I'm friendly, Bossy-Boss, what's wrong with that? But tell me, what's your favorite color? How was your weekend? Want to be besties?
But today is different, for today I've been Liebstered.
The Liebster Award is given by nomination from a fellow blogger. It's an award for small bloggers made to encourage one another. Liebster is a German word for "sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing & welcome."
And really, if you're reading this right now, you're a Liebster in my heart – but first, a few questions need to be answered…
1. Why did you start blogging? Quite honestly? To gain a platform and subsequent audience upon entering the wide, wide world of writing and speaking – and here we are!
2. What is your favorite book? That's such a mean question. Ugh. But Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard) and Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamott) will always remain two of my very favorite books, forever and ever, always. (Madeleine L'Engle, Lauren Winner and YA author John Green are quickly climbing up the favorite author ladder as well).
3. What makes you laugh out loud? My baby. And the HBH (Hot Black Husband). And if you're looking for something more generally accessible to the general public, Tina Fey, hands down.
4. What is your favorite social media? Instagram, always.
5. Who would play you in a movie? Hmm – although I'd love to hand the honor (ahem) to Julia Roberts, I'm going for Molly Shannon because that would quite possibly be nothing short of hilariously amazing. Superstar!
6. How long have you been blogging? I initially started blogging back in 2005, as a way to tell stories upon stepping into full-time ministry. But I wasn't very good at a) writing regularly, and b) being all the way honest with myself and with others (because I thought I needed to put on my Everything Is Perfect When You're Working for Jesus hat). So, with regularity and intentionality, it's been for the past 10 months.
7. What time of day do you write? During that magical thing called nap time, or after the HBH gets home from work.
8. What is the most annoying song in the universe? I Wanna Sex You Up! You're welcome.
9. What part of your home is your favorite? The dining room table – because that's where the most intentional and beautiful and delicious of life happens.
10. What is your favorite recipe? That too is a very, very mean question, so I'm going to go with two mentioned last week, Cheesy Egg Rice and Molly Wizenberg's Spring Salad with Avocado and Feta. (Of the latter, it's the third recipe down, but I wasn't able to link it directly for some reason).
11. What is your favorite season? Although I love the orange and browns of fall, my internal body temperature is happiest in or around a balmy 75-80 degrees. So I'm going with summer: dinner's on the grill, heirloom tomatoes are in abundance and Adventure seems to loom, always, ever present.
Thank you, Katie, for this lovely award – you are a kindred spirit of a soul, and we will meet in person someday. So, go: DO check out Katie's blog, Cardigan Way, and also think about how you can cheer her and her husband on in their current adoption process.
And now, one of the best parts of this award is that as soon as you win it, you get to pass on the award love to one of your own favorite bloggers. I'm excited to nominate a dear old friend from back in the college days for her very own Liebster Award:
Jen of Laugh Often, Laugh Much.
Jen is real and raw and has the ability to make each human being she encounters feel like a million bucks. I love that about her, so head over to her blog and say hello!
That's it for today – so, what resonated with you? But this is what I really want to hear: what's the best award you've ever won? (Brag away).0


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Reuters: At least 15 killed on Kenya coast on election day
(Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in attacks by machete-wielding gangs on Monday as millions of Kenyans voted in the first presidential election since a disputed 2007 poll unleashed weeks of tribal bloodshed.
Voting the tight contest passed off peacefully across most of the East African nation, although many of its 14.3 million voters were caught in long lines. Election officials said there was a high turnout without giving figures.
Officials and candidates have made impassioned appeals to avoid a repeat of the tribal rampages that erupted five years ago when disputes over the poll result fuelled clashes between tribal loyalists of rival candidates.
More than 1,200 people were killed, shattering Kenya's reputation as one of Africa's most stable democracies and bringing its economy, sub Saharan Africa's fourth-largest, to a standstill.
Just hours before voting began, at least nine security officers in the restive coastal region were hacked to death in two attacks, and six attackers were killed, regional police chief Aggrey Adoli said.
Senior police officers blamed the attacks on a separatist movement, suggesting different motives to those that caused the post-2007 vote ethnic killings that could limit their impact.
As in 2007, the race has come down to a high-stakes duel between two candidates, this time between Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the loser in 2007 to outgoing President Mwai Kibaki. Both contenders will depend heavily on votes from their tribes.
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