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All area codes are 850 unless specified.
Saturday, Aug. 31
Biophilia Center
Join in a treasure hunt using GPS or Smart Phone technology and an indoor scavenger hunt for little ones from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. Admission is $8/adults over 13 and $5/children 3-12. Call 835-1824.
Book signing
Destin Dr. Lisa Clark, voted 2012 Emerald Coast Best Physician, will sign copies of her book, �Lighten Up, America,� from 9-11 a.m. at Sundog Books in Seaside.
Baytowne Art Walk
Stroll the streets, enjoy live music from local musicians and browse a variety of art from regional artists from 5-10 p.m. Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at The Village of Baytowne Wharf Events Plaza. A variety of different mediums includes folk art, jewelry, frames and fine art.
Dine 4 Danny
A dine-out fundraiser to support Danny Margagliano, former South Walton Fire District fireman and paramedic who was paralyzed in a diving accident, will be held at Another Broken Egg - Grayton Beach, Barefoot BBQ, Bud & Alley�s, Caf� Thirty-A, Edward�s Fine Food & Wine, Grayton Bar & Grill, Marie�s Bistro, Pandora�s Grayton Beach, Redd�s Fueling Station, Restaurant Paradis, Stinky�s Fish Camp, The Red Bar and V Seagrove. Dine at one of these restaurants and a percentage of all sales go to Donations 4 Danny.
Robotics Club fundraiser
The newly formed Robotics Club at Seacoast Collegiate High School will hold its first fundraiser from 9 a.m. to noon at SunTrust Bank, 49 Watercolor Way in Santa Rosa Beach. Students will wash cars for donations and selling drinks while you wait.
Seaside Pops Concert
The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra takes the stage for a Labor Day Weekend pops concert under the stars at 7 p.m. in the Seaside Amphitheater. Bring a blanket and enjoy patriotic songs and familiar melodies from some of the biggest films in history. A fireworks display closes the evening at 9 p.m. Rain date Sept. 1.
Movie at Marina Park
Bring a chair or blanket for a free movie, �Muppets Treasure Island,� beginning at sunset at Marina Park in WaterColor in Santa Rosa Beach.
Kids' Rock the Block
Bring the family for a free night of fun at the Kids� Rock the Block party from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on the Western Green in Rosemary Beach. Moonwalks, face painting, airbrush tattoos, arts and crafts, hula hoops, bubble machine and more top the list of fun.
Endless Summer
Kick off fall this Labor Day with a weekend of family fun, concerts and finger-licking good food at HarborWalk Village in Destin. See performances from award-winning songwriters, who have written for such music icons as George Strait, Jason Aldeen, Willie Nelson, Rascal Flats, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Toby Keith and Vince Gill. Scheduled activities include:
� Aug. 31: Songwriter performances 6:15-10 p.m. Headlined by the Andy Velo Band.
� Sept. 1: Songwriter performances 6:15-8:30 p.m. Fireworks over the harbor at 8:30 p.m., followed by more performances until 10 p.m.
Greek Festival
The annual Greek Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 31 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island. Celebrate Greece and sample a variety of authentic Greek foods, pastries, wine, and enjoy live music and Greek dance performances. A silent auction will be held and vendors will sell Greek items.
Art Exhibition/ Reception Party
A free reception party for the Michael J. Zavison art exhibit takes place from 6-8 p.m. at Amavida Coffee & Tea, 104 North Barrett Square, Unit 1A, in Rosemary Beach. Exhibit runs through Oct. 1.
Patriot Day Golf
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort has announced $20 rounds of golf to active or retired members of the U.S military Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 31- Sept. 2, at The Links Golf Club, Baytowne Golf Club, Raven Golf Club, and Burnt Pine Golf Club. The golf cart fee is included. Golfers can call 267-8155 to book their tee times.
Labor Day at WaterColor
Kids activities will run from 12-5 p.m. Aug. 31 on the WaterColor Beach Club Pool Deck. A free Labor Day Weekend Carnival will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 1 in Marina Park in WaterColor in Santa Rosa Beach. A free concert with the Flip Flop Boys takes place from 5-8 p.m. with a Beach Bonfire from 7:30-9:30 p.m. with marshmallows for roasting. Fireworks end the day at 8:30 p.m.
Labor Day Weekend Concert Series
Arnett�s Gulfside Trails, 613 S County Hwy. 393 in Santa Rosa Beach, hosts a Labor Day Weekend Concert Series Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 with Kaci Bolls, the Myers Brothers, Joanna Cotton and Ray Scott at 6 p.m. Admission is $25 per person, $40 for a VIP ticket or $60 for an all-weekend pass. Tickets are available at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sunday, Sept. 1
Pandora�s Music
Pandora�s Steakhouse of Grayton Beach presents Flip Flop Boys at 9 p.m. Sept. 1; an End of Summer Customer Appreciation Party Sept. 3 with Scott Boyer and the Decoys and Mark Harris; Mike Dillon Sept. 4; Treehouse Sept. 5; Call the Law Sept. 6; and Stiff Neck Fools Sept. 7. Music is free and open to all guests at least 21 years of age.
Concert in the Village
Lava Lamp performs top hits from the �70s as The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundations�s Autumn Concert Series begins at 7 p.m. at the Dugas Pavilion and Village Green at the Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village on Commons Drive in Destin. Bring a lawn chair, wine and picnic or purchase dinner on-site. Water and Coke products available for purchase. Admission is $10/adults, $5/MKAF Preferred Member, and children under 12 free. Call 650-2226.
Groovin� On The Green
Rowdies perform a free concert, sponsored by The Carillon Beach Institute, from 7-9 p.m. in Carillon Beach.
Labor Day concert
Sturgill Simpson performs at the Labor Day Weekend Concert at 7 p.m. in North Barrett Square in Rosemary Beach. On-lawn seating at the free event.
Lakeyard Labor Day in DeFuniak
The DeFuniak Springs Business and Professional Association hosts the 24th annual Labor Day Celebration beginning at 4:30 p.m. with a parade starting at Walton Middle School. Other events include rocking entertainment, children�s activities, fireworks and more. Opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. Fireworks after dark. Call 830-1661. No personal fireworks allowed in the lake yard. This event replaces rained out Fourth of July event.
Labor Day at Carillon Beach
Enjoy gumbo, arts and crafts, a farmers market, and live music from The Rowdies from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Carillon Beach Resort. Market opens at 8 a.m. with gumbo judging at 2 p.m. Winners announced at 7 p.m. by surprise celebrity judge. Entry fee is $50. Email email@example.com or call 530-440-5883.
Concert and Fireworks at Alys Beach
Bring the family for a night of fun from 6-9 p.m. at the Alys Beach Amphitheatre on Somerset Street in Alys Beach. The Atlanta Allstars will perform followed by a fireworks display at 8:45 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 2
Pub Quiz
Enter your team of two online or just show up for a $100 bar tab Grand Prize at The Great American Pub Quiz from 7-8:30 p.m. at Redd's Fueling Station, 2320 W. County Hwy. 30A in Santa Rosa Beach.
Dueling Piano Show
The main attraction at Rum Runners is the interactive, world famous dueling piano show at 8 p.m. at 130 Fisherman�s Cover in Baytowne Wharf.
Open Mic
Open Mic Night, hosted by Scott Rockwood, will be held from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Graffiti & The Funky Blues Shack, 109 Cannery Lane in Baytowne Wharf.
Tuesday, Sept. 3
Town Planters
The Town Planters of Freeport will meet at 7 p.m at the Blount House on Kylea Laird Road. Call 835-5611.
Tim Veazey
Enjoy the music of Tim Veazey at 6 p.m. at Bentley�s & Maddog�s 30A, 10343 East County Hwy. 30A in Seacrest Beach.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
Guitar recital
The Northwest Florida State College Fine & Performing Arts Division presents a classical guitar recital featuring Dr. Kevin Manderville of Montgomery, Ala., at 7:30 p.m. in the Tyler Recital Hall of the Mattie Kelly Arts Center in Niceville. Manderville has appeared in major cities and festivals throughout North America and Europe. Donations are accepted at the door to support the NWF State College music programs. Call 729-5382.
Open Mic Night
An open mic night for singer/songwriters for local talent and seasoned musicians will be held from 7-9 p.m. at Redd�s Fueling Station, 2320 W. Scenic Hwy. 30A in Santa Rosa Beach. Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to sign up.
Thursday, Sept. 5
Americana Under the Stars
Gail Carson Trio performs at 6 p.m. in the amphitheater at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park for the family/pet friendly concert series, Americana Under the Stars. Bring a chair and beverage. Open mic begins at 6 p.m. Free admission into park and a suggested donation of $5 goes to the Friends of Topsail Hill.
Republican Club
The South Walton Republican Club will meet at 6 p.m. at Bayou Bill's Crab House, 4748 US Hwy. 98 in Santa Rosa Beach. Rep. Marti Coley, speaker pro tempore of the Florida House, will speak about the past legislative session, as well as the next. Cost is $20/person all inclusive. Call 830-1570 or email@example.com for reservations and menu details before Sept 4.
Concert in the Village
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation�s Autumn Concert Series presents The Fountain City Players, Motown, R&B, Pop, Reggae, Jazz, at 7 p.m. at the Dugas Pavilion and expanded Village Green at the Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village on Commons Drive in Destin. Bring a lawn chair, wine and picnic or purchase dinner on-site. Water and Coke products available for purchase. Admission is $10/adults, $5/MKAF Preferred Member, and children under 12 free. Call 650-2226.
Rotary Club of South Walton
The Rotary Club of South Walton meets for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. at the Embassy Suites, Scenic Hwy. 98 in Miramar Beach. Visiting Rotarians and their guests are welcome. Call 267-2929.
Friday, Sept. 6
Classic Films on the Lawn
Grab a blanket and head to Classic Films on the Lawn�s free movie, �Ghostbusters,� at 7:30 p.m. at the Seaside Amphitheater.
Rosh Hashanah Ingathering 5774
Join in from 6-8 p.m. at Destiny Worship Center Fellowship Hall, 122 Poinciana Blvd. in Miramar Beach, for a Biblical celebration for the entire family. There will be lots of shofar blowing, dancing, and great teachings on the biblical feast of Rosh Hashanah and the reflection of Jesus as revealed in the Feast of God. Traditional apples and honey reception follows the teaching.
Topsail tour
Paddle Campbell Lake at 1:15 p.m. at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach. Call 267-8330. Sign up required at ranger station. No outside canoes or kayaks are allowed on the lake.
First Friday Artwalk
Enjoy live music and view beautiful works of art at the galleries and shops of Ruskin Place and select merchants from 5-8 p.m. on Scenic Hwy. 30A in Seaside.
Wine tasting
Taste three white and three red wines plus a gourmet tapas plate from 4-6 p.m. at Wild Olives, 104 N. Barrett Square in Rosemary Beach. Cost is $25/person.
Saturday, Sept. 7
Thrivent Financial will hold a free educational workshop, �Social Security: Strategize To Maximize,� at 9 a.m. at Hope Lutheran Church, 3834 Hwy. 98 W, Santa Rosa Beach, to help people understand that Social Security is just part of their overall retirement picture. To register, call 420-7321 or email email@example.com by Sept. 6. Complimentary refreshments will be served.
Evening with James Farmer
Rosemary Beach Foundation presents an evening with James Farmer at 6 p.m. at Rosemary Beach Town Hall. The reception features drinks from Farmer�s Sip & Savor followed by presentation and conversation. Farmer is a Southern author, gardener, floral and interior designer, cook and garden-to-table lifestyle expert. Tickets are available for $25 www.rosemarybeachfoundation.org.
30A Artist Bazaar
Handmade crafts and jewelry by local artists, live and interactive art, and artisan food vendors are part of the 30A Artist Bazaar from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Artists at Gulf Place, 40 Town Loop Center in Gulf Place.
Nature walk
Take a walk in nature with wildlife expert and ecologist Joe Wyatt at 9 a.m. at Hammock Bay, west of Freeport. Suited for all ages. The trail system includes a bat house, purple martin houses, many bluebird houses, a wood duck house, a butterfly house and more. Call 496-1864.
History walk
Learn about the early history of the park and local area at Camp Helen State Park�s history walk from 10-10:45 a.m. The tour is free with paid park admission fee of $4 per vehicle. Call 233-5059.


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The Central Connecticut women's lacrosse team fell to Wagner on Sunday afternoon at Hameline Field on Staten Island. The Blue Devils fall to 4-7 on the season and 1-1 in Northeast Conference play with the 15-7 loss. The Seahawks improve to 5-6 and 1-1 in the NEC with the win.
Freshman Alexandra Hooker scored three of the Blue Devils seven goals, including a pair of scores off free position attempts in the second half.
The Seahawks opened the game with a 4-0 run, but the Blue Devils quickly responded with three goals over a five minute stretch. Sophomore Falynn McCartney scored an unassisted goal at the 18:06 mark and Hooker followed with a score at the 15:29 mark. After recording the assist on the Hooker's goal, senior Amanda Toke capped the run with a free position score.
After falling behind 8-3, senior Meghan McCurry found the net, with the help of sophomore Elyse Malecki, with 1:37 left in the half. McCurry's goal was the 150th point of her collegiate career, she has 113 career goals and 37 assists. She ranks among the top-five in CCSU history in points, goals and assists.
The Blue Devils added three goals in the second half, including two by Hooker. Freshman Marissa Soto also had an unassisted goal in the period.
Junior Morgan Tullar made a season-high 15 saves, but also allowed 15 goals. She also picked up three ground balls and caused a pair of turnovers. Tullar falls to 4-7 on the season with the loss.
Senior defender Cierra Ward posted a team-high three caused turnovers and also picked up three ground balls, which matched the team-high. Ward, Tullar, senior Ashley Olhausen and freshman Courtney McPartland were each credited with three ground balls in the game.
Olhausen and McPartland were also each credited with two caused turnovers in the contest.
The goal for Toke was her 22nd of the season, she currently leads the team in that category. Her 32 points and 10 assists are also team highs.
Hooker's three goals give her 10 on the season. Toke, McCartney, Malecki and McCurry have also registered double-digit goals this season.
The Blue Devils will return to action on Friday against Saint Francis U. CCSU and the Red Flash are scheduled for a 7 p.m. start at Arute Field.

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In 2003, Ubisoft's "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" pulled off a leap of faith worthy of its agile lead character, successfully transitioning a classic PC franchise into the modern age of gaming. Now with the with the help of a huge pile of money, the talent behind the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films and Jake Gyllenhaal's Ab Roller, the movie version of "Sands of Time" (opening Friday, May 28) hopes to make the even bigger jump into theatrical feature film success.
The history of videogames-to-big-screen-adaptation isn't very pretty, and a far-cry from the ongoing Hollywood success of gaming's comic book cousins. The first mistake seemingly always made by studios looking to make the Great American Video Game Movie is choosing a game to adapt by the financially safe arithmetic of "biggest built-in audience plus largest potential explosions equals box office gold." Instead, filmmakers should be looking for game titles that deliver the memorable characters, amazing visuals and solid storytelling.
Here are a few suggestions of games ripe with multiplex potential:
The World Ends with You (2008)
The Game: A disaffected teenage loner who wakes up in an alternate plane of existence has to learn to work with others to save himself and his hometown in this Action/RPG.
The (potential) Movie: The Teen Movie sub-genre has remained popular for decades, drawing both humor and drama from the transition to adulthood. The "TWEwY" movie's 'shopping mall as purgatory' setting would blend "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with "The Breakfast Club" into a film dealing with body image, burgeoning responsibilities and teenage commercialism with a supernatural struggle over life and death.
Chance of Release: Good. Get a cast of young, photogenic rising stars, a sponsor to deliver the plot-critical cell phones, remove the underlining theme of teen suicide and set it in the U.S. and you have a hit.
Berzerk (1980)
The Game: Move from room to room in a nearly endless maze filled with deadly robots while being chased by the disembodied, but ever-smiling head known as Evil Otto.
The (potential) Movie: What's better than zombies? Robot zombies! Shambling and moaning replaced by the ceaseless screeching of metal upon metal as soulless electronic voices taunt the living from the darkness. A small group of people (maybe borrow the family from "Robotron: 2084") must survive against a tireless foe with little means to fight back, and no chance against Evil Otto, the insane AI behind it all.
Chance of Release: Moderate. A haunting tale of technology run amok, the robots in the horror movie version of "Berzerk" would make the purpose-driven Terminators look reasonable by comparison. The perfect date movie.
Ecco the Dolphin (1992)
The Game: Aliens have kidnapped the family and friends of Ecco the dolphin, and it's up to him to journey the seas on an adventure to bring them back.
The (potential) Movie: CGI animated undersea adventures have been made before, but only once with any kind of success, and the Ecco movie would strip away the cuteness and add a heightened edge of danger in exploring the already alien world of undersea life that's infected with presence of actual aliens.
Chance of Release: Good. The "Finding Nemo" crowd is growing up, and an audience already open to talking sea life would be open to returning to that world, as long as they avoid celebrity voices and the pop-culture reference trap that robs most CGI animated films of their timelessness.
Perfect Dark (2000)
The Game: On her first mission for the private espionage firm The Carrington Institute, Joanna Dark uncovers a plot that reaches to the highest levels of international business, government and beyond, way beyond.
The (potential) Movie: "Jane Bond" by design, Joanna Dark is the perfect character to take the spy film in a new direction by not just breaking the gender mold, but exploring the new age of unscrupulous international business and the influence of private military companies. Slam-bang action tempered with the philosophical implications of killing not for a flag, but for a logo.
Chance of Release: Low. Action films with female leads are increasing, there are even some that don't star Angelina Jolie, but have a long way to go before they reach parity with the volume quipping tough guy movies.
Bureaucracy (1987)
The Game: The simple act of filling out a change of address form plunges a nameless everyman into a farcical nightmare of red tape, incompetent customer service, involuntary world travel, an existential crisis of identity and the potential for a fatal stress-induced aneurysm.
The (potential) Movie: A perfect vehicle for a comedic star turn, the "Bureaucracy" movie would only need a few updates and a super-cathartic ending to create a madcap version of the little struggles with "The System" that real people deal with every day.
Chance of Release: Excellent. Sci-fi humorist Douglas Adams, who proved with his eponymous "Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy" that having a world of information and technology at your fingertips doesn't necessarily make your life any easier, conceived the original game way before people began living their lives online, an errant mouse-click away from disaster. Moreover, the idea a simple error destroying one's life is one that is rich with dark humor.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004)
The Game: The prequel game to the movie "Pitch Black" finds intergalactic badass Riddick escaping from a series of increasingly severe prison wards solely by being that much more brutal than the worst criminals in the universe who have the misfortune of being locked up with him on a desolate world. Its star, the self-professed gamer Vin Diesel, oversaw production the game personally, lending authenticity to the character that made him a breakout star.
The (potential) Movie: The film version would look like a sci-fi prison escape drama on the surface, would really be the story of one man's struggle to live his life by his own code and free of society's rules despite the consequences, thanks to the fully realized Riddick character, one of cinema's great anti-heroes.
Chance of Release: Low. Vin might be too old to play his younger self, and the bomb that was the theatrical sequel to "Pitch Black" would make any producer gunshy of telling a story where everyone already knows the ending.
Red Faction (2001)
The Game: Unsafe working conditions, abuse and virulent disease have fermented rebellion in the mines deep under the surface of Mars. A single act of compassion and bravery triggers a revolt with one unlikely hero finding himself in the center of some carefully laid plans amongst the chaos.
The (potential) Movie: The game is almost pure action, running almost non-stop from start to finish, but the cinematic version will explore more of the history and oppression of the miners on Mars, and how far you can push a man before he starts to fight back, and the consequences, for both sides, of doing so. A story as old as time set in cramped tunnels of the Martian underground.
Chance of Release: Good. Stories about "the triumph of the human spirit" are always popular, and seeing someone take a sledgehammer to bring down a whole building has "McG" or "Michael Bay" written all over it.
Crimson Skies (2000)
The Game: Air piracy is the name of the game in an alternate reality 1937 where the United States has fractured into over a dozen smaller bickering nation-states. Dashing pilot Nathan Zachary takes to the skies to defeat a conspiracy that threatens his way of life.
The (potential) Movie: The "Crimson Skies" universe of propeller aircraft, zeppelin based commerce and steam-punk technology has all the makings of a cult hit, especially from the aspect of 'principled lawlessness' that guides the story's leads, something that made characters like Han Solo and Malcolm Reynolds into pop-culture icons.
Chance of Release: Very Low. The bomb that was "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" left a radioactive crater around this sub-genre that will last perhaps for decades to come, but with a stronger 'American' feel and a lot more color a "Crimson Skies" could take off.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998)
The Game: Code Name: RAINBOW is a multinational team of counterterrorist operatives formed to address the threats of the post-cold war era. A tactical shooter, Rainbow Six and its many sequels and expansions require the player to think and plan extensively before acting, rather than use the gun-charging and reckless missile launching technique that somehow works so well in other action games.
The (potential) Movie: Clancy's techno-espionage literary universe had already been mined extensively for films featuring his Jack Ryan character, but two characters that appeared in "Clear and Present Danger," black-ops mastermind Clark and Army Ranger Chavez were spun off into their own series of books. The new "Rainbow Six" movies would embody the game's cool detachment in the face of rabid terrorist threats, trading Chuck Norris-esce gung-ho action for an efficiency of movement and violence that borders on art.
Chance of Release: Excellent. It would be hard to dismiss the appeal of quick, clean counter-terrorism action in this day and age, Clancy's name has been bankable in the past, and cameos from the "HAWX," "GRAW" and" Splinter Cell" characters could keep the franchise going indefinitely.
Portal (2007)
The Game: This First Person Puzzler equips you with a prototype inter-spatial portal device and challenges you to run a maze while 'aided' by a seemingly harmless series of automated instructions and advisories.
The (potential) Movie: Like the shark in "Jaws," knowing a monster is out there and not seeing it is scarier than any kind of special effect. In the "Portal" movie, what starts as a seemingly innocent test of physical and problem solving skills in a sterile environment slowly deteriorates in every sense of the word as a silent heroine struggles to maintain her sanity as she is prodded along by an disembodied voice that steadily grows more inhuman and dangerous. Pure psychological terror as special effects and camera tricks turn the viewer inside out while an actor transitions from placidity to confusion, though to fear and near-madness before finding the resolve to escape.
Chance of Release: Excellent. "Portal" would be the perfect small-budget indie art film that has crossover blockbuster written all over it.
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Your iTunes library, a database that's made up of all of the music and other media that you add to iTunes, is organized into two iTunes library files and an iTunes Media folder.
Before you back up your media, consolidate your library.
You should also redownload any previous purchases (music, movies, TV shows, etc.) and turn on automatic downloads for future purchases. iTunes in the Cloud is not a backup service, and having a local copy (a copy downloaded to a computer) is the only way to back up your purchased media.
To make sure that local copies of movies and TV shows stay downloaded to your computer, select iTunes > Preferences > Advanced (Mac) or Edit > Preferences > Advanced (PC) and deselect "Automatically delete watched movies and TV shows."
With a Mac, your iTunes Library typically backs up when you make a backup of your computer using Time Machine. Just make sure not to exclude iTunes from your backup. When you restore a backup on a new Mac, it will typically include iTunes. Alternatively, you can backup and restore your iTunes Library using an external drive by following the steps in this article.
iTunes and Store availability and features might vary by country or region. Learn what's available in your country or region.
Consolidate your iTunes library
- Open iTunes.
- From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen or at the top of the iTunes window, choose File > Library > Organize Library.
- Select "Consolidate files."
- Click OK.
When you consolidate, copies of any files that were outside of your iTunes Media folder are added to your iTunes Media folder. To save space on your hard drive, you might want to delete the original files after you make sure that the copies are in your iTunes Media Folder.
Find the iTunes Media folder
By default, your iTunes Media folder is in your iTunes folder:
- Mac: Open a Finder window, then click Go > Home > Music > iTunes.
- Windows 7 or later: Go to
- Windows XP: Go to
\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\.
If you don't see your iTunes Media folder in the above location,you can find where it's located using these steps:
- Open iTunes.
- Mac: From the menu bar at the top of your computer screen, choose iTunes > Preferences.
Windows: From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit > Preferences.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Look in the box under "iTunes Media folder location" for the location of your iTunes Media folder.
You can also change the location of your iTunes Media folder by clicking Change.
Back up your library and media files
After you consolidate your media files, you can back up your library and media files to an external drive.
- Quit iTunes.
- Find your iTunes folder.
- Drag the iTunes folder from its location to an external drive. Your library and media files copy to the drive.
Restore your library from a backup
You can restore your iTunes library or iTunes Media folder from your external drive to your computer. If you're restoring an iTunes Library from a different computer, make sure that your new computer has the latest version of iTunes.
- Quit iTunes.
- Locate your external drive.
Mac: On the Desktop or Finder sidebar.
Windows: In My Computer.
- Drag the iTunes folder (that you backed up earlier) from your external drive to where you want it on your internal drive. We recommend that you put the iTunes folder back into its default location.
- Hold down the Option key (Mac) or Shift key (Windows) while opening iTunes.
- When you see a message that asks you to Choose iTunes Library, click Choose Library.
- Choose the iTunes folder (that you dragged in step 3) from your internal drive.
- Mac: Click Choose.
Windows: Click Open.
- Choose the iTunes Library.itl file inside.


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Toronto FC joined the MLS in 2005 as part of MLS's continued expansion throughout North America. They played their first game in 2007 and have yet to make the playoffs. That all looks to change in 2014 however. Toronto FC officially put their name on the map when they announced the signing of three big name players prior to the start of the 2014 season. Brazilian number one goalie, Julio Cesar, England striker Jermaine Defoe, and star US Men's national team member Michael Bradley all joined Toronto FC. The signings instantly turned them into a contender. Along with the three stars, Toronto boasts other solid players including former MLS MVP Dwayne De Rosario. Off to a solid start this season, Toronto FC look to be a shoo-in for the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. They play their home games at BMO field, which was the first soccer specific stadium to be built in Canada. Check out Toronto FC and their star studded line up in action. Head to Gold Coast Tickets for the best seats in the house!
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As a first take, we might say that the good achieved by health care is the number of lives saved. But that is too crude. The death of a teenager is a greater tragedy than the death of an 85-year-old, and this should be reflected in our priorities. We can accommodate that difference by calculating the number of life-years saved, rather than simply the number of lives saved. If a teenager can be expected to live another 70 years, saving her life counts as a gain of 70 life-years, whereas if a person of 85 can be expected to live another 5 years, then saving the 85-year-old will count as a gain of only 5 life-years. That suggests that saving one teenager is equivalent to saving 14 85-year-olds.
The principle for Singer applies not only to age, but disability as well:
One common method is to describe medical conditions to people — let's say being a quadriplegic — and tell them that they can choose between 10 years in that condition or some smaller number of years without it. If most would prefer, say, 10 years as a quadriplegic to 4 years of nondisabled life, but would choose 6 years of nondisabled life over 10 with quadriplegia, but have difficulty deciding between 5 years of nondisabled life or 10 years with quadriplegia, then they are, in effect, assessing life with quadriplegia as half as good as nondisabled life. (These are hypothetical figures, chosen to keep the math simple, and not based on any actual surveys.) If that judgment represents a rough average across the population, we might conclude that restoring to nondisabled life two people who would otherwise be quadriplegics is equivalent in value to saving the life of one person, provided the life expectancies of all involved are similar. . .
. . .Some will object that this discriminates against people with disabilities. If we return to the hypothetical assumption that a year with quadriplegia is valued at only half as much as a year without it, then a treatment that extends the lives of people without disabilities will be seen as providing twice the value of one that extends, for a similar period, the lives of quadriplegics.
In its most recent issue, OSV provides a rebuttal to this kind of thinking from my old Philosophy Prof. and friend, Dr. Ray Dennehy of the University of San Francisco. I'll give you the bottom line, but you should read the whole thing:
The kind of contrast that Singer draws between lives with disabilities and lives without them collides with the doctrine of natural rights that forms the bedrock of our democracy. The basis of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is human nature, and a disabled person has not lost that nature. To borrow from the philosopher, Yves R. Simon, it is just as much an act of murder to kill a sickly man as a healthy one; it is just as much an act of murder to kill a colored man as a white man; it is just as much an act of murder to kill a poor man as a rich man; it is just as much an act of murder to kill a child in its mother's womb as a human adult.Read on. There's a lot of valuable stuff here. The possibility of such proposals entering the health care overhaul is another good reason for congressmen to actually read and deliberate bills before them.
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President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) administration has betrayed its pledge to make the safety of the controversial construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao Dictrict (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市) a priority by sending the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) referendum proposal to the legislature's plenary session, the pan-green camp said yesterday.
The Legislative Yuan's Procedure Committee, in which the KMT enjoys a majority, on Monday listed the referendum proposal initiated by KMT Legislator Lee Ching-hua (李慶華) on the agenda for the plenary session on Friday.
The move was interpreted by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) as a violation of a pledge that Ma and Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) made last month, which promised "no nuclear safety, no nuclear energy" to the public.
The government had said a national referendum on the controversial nuclear power plant would only be necessary after nuclear safety, an issue of the quality of the plant's construction and disposal of nuclear waste, was assured, DPP Legislator Yeh Yi-jin (葉宜津) said.
"However, it appeared that Ma hinted in his interview with the media on Friday that nuclear safety would be a separate issue from the referendum, which means that a national referendum will be held regardless of whether nuclear safety is assured," Yeh told a press conference.
Asking people to vote on the nuclear power plant without sufficient information and professional assessment would be unfair, she added.
The safety concerns over the nuclear power plant will not be addressed within the next six months because the government did not begin its safety review until recently, Yeh said.
DPP Legislator Chen Ou-po (陳歐珀) said the referendum proposal should be initiated by the Executive Yuan, rather than a KMT lawmaker, because the legislature is not obligated to endorse the controversial referendum.
Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) yesterday said the plenary session could either send the proposal to a specific committee, proceed directly to a second reading or send it back to the Procedure Committee.
The TSU caucus, meanwhile, said that the KMT's insistence on holding the referendum was a political calculation based on the high threshold required for a referendum to pass and on manipulating the referendum question.
The referendum should not be held before three nuclear-related bills currently in the legislature are dealt with, including a bill on referendums in evacuation zones, a bill on promoting a nuclear-free homeland and an amendment to the Referendum Act (公民投票法), it said.
Separately yesterday, DPP legislators Tien Chiu-chin (田秋堇) and Huang Wei-cher (黃偉哲), together with several academics, once again stressed that the nation's geography is not suitable for nuclear power plants.
Ahead of an ad hoc meeting to be held by the legislature's Economics Committee today about Taiwan Power Co's (Taipower) geological survey on the three operating nuclear power plants, the legislators and academics said reports show that all of the nuclear power plants are near faults, volcanoes and underwater volcanoes — all seismically unstable areas.
National Taiwan Ocean University professor of applied geosciences Lee Chao-shing (李昭興) said the Shanjiao Fault (山腳斷層) that stretches from the Jinshan Fault (金山斷層) has been found to be at least 40km, and it may be found to be even be longer if further geological surveys are conducted in other areas.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Ramon Galloway went the length of the court for the winning basket with 2.7 seconds left to send La Salle to a 54-53 victory over No. 9 Butler on Wednesday night.
Fans stormed the court in a wild celebration for the biggest win for La Salle (13-5, 3-2 Atlantic 10) in 33 years. There was some confusion after Galloway's basket and fans were ordered off the court. Butler had attempted a last-second heave that was way off the mark. Officials huddled with both coaches and they decided the final score stood. It was mayhem again as fans rushed the court for the second time in minutes.
Let them celebrate twice: La Salle hadn't defeated a top 10 team since 1980.
Butler had lived on last-second victories this season, including a buzzer-beater Saturday against Gonzaga. Just not at La Salle.


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Army football to play UConn at Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK -- One of George Steinbrenner's wishes before his death in 2010 was that college football return to Yankee Stadium.
"Next to baseball, college football was his passion," said Yankees executive director of non-baseball events Mark Holtzman.
NEW YORK -- One of George Steinbrenner's wishes before his death in 2010 was that college football return to Yankee Stadium.
"Next to baseball, college football was his passion," said Yankees executive director of non-baseball events Mark Holtzman.
Army brought it back four months after the longtime owner passed, hosting Notre Dame in November 2010. The Yankees announced on Thursday that the service academy will play its 41st game in the Bronx, and third at the current Yankee Stadium, in November against the University of Connecticut.
The Nov. 8 game, scheduled to air on the CBS Sports Network at a time yet to be determined, will be the seventh college football game at the current Stadium. Army will also host Rutgers University in the Bronx in 2015, and the New Era Pinstripe Bowl will pit an Atlantic Coast Conference team against a Big Ten opponent this December.
"We now have a pretty significant college football program here," Holtzman said. "That could not have been possible if we hadn't started with Army playing Notre Dame four years back. Someone had to be the first game back here, and Army showed the faith in us to come back here and play a football game after so many years. We couldn't have done it without them."
UConn head coach Bob Diaco was the defensive coordinator for the Notre Dame team that beat Army, 27-3, in 2010.
"I've seen the glimmer in the student-athletes' eyes as they enter the stadium, are in the locker room, are on the field," Diaco said. "It's a life moment."
Diaco, the first-year head coach at Connecticut, grew up a Yankees fan about 30 minutes from the Stadium in Cedar Grove, N.J.
"My family has had Yankees tickets forever and ever and ever," Diaco said, "and they still do."
Connecticut athletic director Warde Manuel, a New Orleans native, became a Yankees fan by watching Ron Guidry, or "Louisiana Lightning," growing up.
First-year Army coach Jeff Monken, a Chicago-area native who grew up a Cubs fan, made his first trip to Yankee Stadium for the news conference, but was made aware of The Academy's commitment to playing games there when he interviewed for the job.
In addition to Army's four games at the current Stadium -- two already played and two scheduled -- it played 38 games at the original Stadium between 1923-69. The ties strengthened when the Yankees played a spring exhibition game on the West Point, N.Y., campus last year.
"People think of us as up-state," said Army athletic director Boo Corrigan. "We're 52 miles right now from where we were this morning."
Black Knights Alley will be set up outside the Stadium for Army fans, and Corrigan said there are discussions about cadets marching onto the field.
"Whenever you get an opportunity like this, it takes you forward," Corrigan said. "I think it gets us to a grander stage."
Holtzman said the Yankees long sought an opportunity to host UConn for a football game, and Corrigan suggested the idea to Manuel while the athletic directors negotiated a home-and-home series for the two programs. Army will travel to UConn's Rentschler Field in 2015.
While Manuel joked he would cut off half of UConn's fanbase, split between Boston and New York, by admitting to his Yankees leanings, he did not hide his respect for Army.
"As a proud son of an Army sergeant, it's a team that you root for when you're not playing against them," Manuel said.
And both teams expressed a shared excitement to join the Yankee Stadium tradition.
"When you talk about pride and talk about passion, you're talking about the Yankees," Diaco said. "To be in the stadium, it's a little surreal. To join the three brands -- the Yankee brand, the UConn brand and the West Point brand -- it's a great, great, competitive, classy, high-character venue."
Steven Miller is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Lilith looks different, better.
Uh, oh. So we're going to have "Lord of the flies" meet "The walking dead" with Poor lil Laz caught in the middle, again.
Feathers are used to cast slow-fall, right?
if you're talking about the spell from DnD, then it's called featherfall but yes…if you're not talking about that, then i got nothin'
Nah, its a mage spell from WoW.
That was totally uncalled for, Adramelech!
Fear, respect, in the end it all comes down to who can pull the plug on society the fastest.
Yay for learning where those two stood. And also..Beelzey…I know you're really powerful, but a little hygiene wouldn't kill you. That spider has AT LEAST three webs on your back and looks like it's going to make another.
Maybe it keeps the flies away? (And besides, why deny it a good home?)
Minus the one that's on his head? And you would think that it would burn up from the heat…maybe it's a servant of his?
I… don't see the relevance of this conversation she is having.
But I do see some awesome backgrounds. Amazing work!
Ummm…relevance being that she's throwing cogs into motion to either get people not so devoted on her side, or at leask sparking unrest in their hearts so they might be a distraction from her.
Also, is Lil' wearing a new outfit?
Heehee, they think Mister Crowley brought him!
And I really LOVE Lil's outfit.
The old feather-pluck… she's not very nice sometimes, but she's a great character.
OOOWWW! Hey, don't pluck the feathers, that'll get you either a pinch on your shapely hind end or a knot in yer tail!
Oh, Hey… just noticed that Ms. Devil has a sexy change of clothing. Maybe portal jumping does that (I hope) hee hee…..
Nobody seems to be considering the feather….a feather stolen from an ancient sun god has to have -some- use to a conniving demon with a penchant for alchemy, no?
Y'know, that's a good point. She could be planning on making voo-doo like dolls to control them, that feather doesn't go with her outfit, for sure. I wonder what she'll yank off the other two.
horn, and chunk of magma-darkness-stuff…by the way eriendil, nice job on getting a new avatar, and (i used to go as either ragnarokk77 and volfen7 on this comments page) i'm pretty sure i still owe you a mouse…i can send it by mail, e-mail, or pretty much any other unconventional way of transporting animals
Hey just letting you know I've read every page in under an hour so far and I must admit you're grabbed my interest. I wish to read more of this if you'd update slightly more frequently. I mean seriously this is some good stuff almost like… Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker's Guide fame to me! – L. Mikoto
Lan, this was covered in an earlier comic; the author is taking his sweet ol' time to make sure every page is top-notch and beautiful. The author felt that mass-producing pages of lesser quality wasn't good enough so decided for that age-old adage; quality over quantity, and I have to say, it's definitely the way to go.
@silverblob5 Other than annoying the sun god and grabbing his attention, unless it contains a portion of his power, I can't foresee how it can be used. (Meaning that you have a good point, especially if it has a portion of his power)
@eriendil Curious though, that; even though 'voodoo dolls' aren't really a part of voodoo itself (or the traditional version thereof), would such an item work on a god?
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
Fabric Dye with Beets
7 comments:
- Bess said...
Love the eco-friendly approach. I always knew beets had to be good for something...
- November 6, 2008 at 9:02 AM
- theirgrammy said...
I used beets for dyeing some fabric, as you suggested. I added 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar to the boiling beet water and then added the fabric. It looks great!
Thanks so much!
p.s. I set it in the dryer. Then ironed it.
- October 20, 2009 at 7:24 PM
- 71square said...
Do you think this dye could also be used as ink?
- November 6, 2010 at 10:02 AM
- Cindy Vojnovic said...
Thank you so much for this post!
I hand-dye silk ribbon from which I make ribbon flowers, and I couldn't resist using some Thanksgiving leftover beets to dye some ribbon. In retrospect I should have looked up beet dying first, but I just chopped up a couple of beets, and boiled them for about a half hour four times over the last 24 hours, then this morning boiled the silk ribbon with the beets, let them sit until I got home, boiled again, and was shocked not to find "beet red" ribbon, but rather very subtle tints.
So after the fact I googled "dye with beets" and found your post. Does the vinegar make the dye more intense?
- December 7, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- Nizhoni_Saffron said...
Oh wow, I knew my mother use to use all kinds of veggies to dye her wool. Growing up she use to plant a garden and use the different veggies. But I never got to ask her all her secrets before she passed on. The other thing is I know you can use saffron and red chile powder to dye. Thanks for posting this.
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Artist group highlights league member
Anne Waller has been named by the Lenoir County Artist League as the featured �Artist of the Month� for December. She is a member of the league and the Community Council for the Arts, 400 N. Queen St., which is �home� to the league.
Waller has been a watercolor artist since 1991 and began oil painting in 1997. She is inspired by nature and enjoys the challenges of painting a variety of subjects, including flowers, landscapes, beach scenes and children. Her work has received recognition and has been accepted in various art shows throughout the state.
She is married and has three daughters and four grandchildren, who often are subjects of her paintings. She creates most of her work in Kinston and Topsail Beach.
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The Friends of the Homeless Shelter needs donations to boost its yearly supply of needed items.
Cleaning supplies needed include bleach, Pine Sol, laundry and dish detergent, bathroom and shower cleaning supplies. Equipment needs include a freezer and a refrigerator.
Personal items include: bath soap and body wash, deodorant, hand and body lotion, alcohol, peroxide, Vaseline, cold medicines, Visine, body and foot powder, facial tissues, mouth wash, baking soda, sanitary napkins and all size batteries.
Other needs are a large supply of Styrofoam plates, cups and bowls; toilet tissue, paper towels, napkins, plastic forks and spoons; brooms (domestic and industrial), 13- and eight-gallon trash can liners, mop heads (24- and 32-ounce sizes), mop handles and buckets; air fresheners; carpet fresheners; bath towels and wash cloths, dish towels; baby pampers (all sizes); gloves, socks, underwear; school supplies and book bags.
Monetary donations also are very important to help with operating expenses.
Drop off donations at the shelter, 112-114 N. Independence St. For information, call Jasper Newborn, director, at 252-522-2788.
Art on display at deli gallery
A selection of art by Kinston artist Kay Harrell is on display and for sale at the Queen Street Deli, 115 S. Queen St.
The restaurant is an off-site gallery extension of the Community Council for the Arts. This is the third show of local art in the exhibition space. Harrell�s display includes a series of oil paintings on canvas.
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Tea Storm Chasers is becoming a Not-For-Profit Organization. We will be registered as a research and public safety. Our goal is to travel the United States and chase these dangerous storms while providing a real time news feed and up to the minute updates as they happen. We will also have a rescue truck that will be following the storms and assisting affected communities. Tea Storm Chasers were founded in 2010 and is based in Tea, SD. If all the organization with the company is built the right way we will grow to a crew of 12 chasers, 2 chase vehicles and 1 rescue truck and trailer. Right now the team chases in the South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. The president of the Organization has been chasing storms for more than 11 years. During 2012, many people came to depend on the Tea Storm Chasers' Facebook Page, Twitter, and this website for information on severe weather. This website was created as more then just a way to show videos, but a way to spread information and a place for weather junkies to unite. When this team is not chasing storms we chase the local police scanner and provide you updates on what is happening at the scene while giving you an inside look with pictures and videos.


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Read John 15: 12-17
Let me ask you a question: Can a person have absolute assurance that their sins are forgiven, that they are a child of
God, and that heaven is their home when they die? Spend a moment and think about that question and about your spiritual journey.
There are two basic ways that people try to get to heaven.
This morning as I was walking our dog, I noticed a lot of worms along the sidewalk and in the road. You've probably seen them from time to time too. Some of them are still wiggling a little, but many have sort of dried up. This morning I walked past one that was still moving a little and then I stopped. I went back and picked it up and tossed it in the grass thinking, "Well, at least that one will make it!"
Tens of thousands of prayer events are planned across the country on Thursday May 7 to honor the Annual National Day of Prayer. In churches, parks and on courthouse steps, citizens will be praying for our nation, government leaders, media, military, schools, churches, businesses and families.
Spencer County will honor the National Day of Prayer on the Courthouse steps in Taylorsville from noon to 1:00 PM Thursday, May 7. Many government leaders will participate in the program as well as several Spencer County pastors.
Just last week I was at the funeral of a friend of ours. His name was Howard Jones. His son and his wife have been good friends of ours since we moved to Louisville twenty years ago. Howard made an impression on everyone he came in contact with. From his sense of humor, to his love for the Lord, you knew God's grace was upon him.
Read Acts 3:11-26
In the game of baseball there is a special position called a pinch hitter.
A pinch hitter is a person that comes into the game to bat in place of another player, who is usually not a very good batter. One way a coach can use this position to his advantage in a baseball game, is if he needs a really good hit, in a very critical time in the game - he can replace the poor hitter with the really good pinch hitter.
Knights of Columbus Chicken Dinner
The Knights of Columbus - All Saints Council in Taylorsville invites you to an all-you-can-eat chicken dinner the third Sunday of each month from 12 to 2 p.m. Proceeds go to the All Saints Council of the Knights of Columbus to fund their charitable work. The dinner menu includes roasted chicken, side items, dessert and drink. Prices range from $9 for adult, $8 for seniors, $4.50 for children 4-12, and children 3 and under are free. Eight-piece boxes of chicken available to go for $10.
Lessons from 1 John chapter 1 and 2:
Picture a new mom and dad in the delivery room after the birth of their first child. The baby is placed in her arms and she holds the baby close.
She reaches down and caresses the baby's cheek. The dad holds out his finger and the baby curls its tiny little fingers around it. What wonderful experience involving good touch.
In our Bible study on Thursday nights, we are currently studying the book of Revelation. Although we've just begun, the journey is already intense. This last week we were looking at the church of the Laodiceans. This is a church most of us are all familiar with. Why? Because it's so much describes the way our church is today. Read what John says in Revelation 3:14-17:
Have you seen the ads yet? Heard the interviews? The political season has started again. Between the state elections this year and the national elections next year the TV and radio stations are probably already counting up all the profit from attack ads.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
This month's number for those applying for unemployment is the lowest it's been since BEFORE BUSH/CHENEY'S last year in office! In almost every statistic that counts things are better than they were when Obama took office. But these fear mongering traitorous miscreants can't talk straight about any of it.
Just blame Obama and make promises they won't keep like no Republican president has since Nixon (he was going to end the Vietnam War in 1968, six years later it ended when we lost, Reagan was going to make the government smaller as were Bush/Cheney but they grew the federal government more than any recent presidencies, while Clinton actually cut the size of the federal government and Obama has on a smaller level and has announce policies to cut more.
Et-endlessly-cetera. I know, I shouldn't have watched it. My blood pressure and all.
[PS: I corrected typos last night but obviously was tired and upset to have left in so many other mistakes, including spacing etc. But I'll leave as is, since it represents a true mini-if-late-night-rant.]
21 comments:
- JIm said...
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- January 20, 2012 at 12:13:00 AM EST
- JIm said...
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- January 20, 2012 at 12:20:00 AM EST
- AlamedaTom said...
I couldn't find even one person of color in that audience. Meanwhile, Lawrence O'Donnell showed a clip of the President singing a few Al Green licks at the Apollo Theater today (he was pretty damn good!)
The juxtaposition is stunning.
- January 20, 2012 at 12:25:00 AM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
The Repubes are digging their own grave. Decent people of all walks are seeing them for the liars and ignoranuses they truly are. They are incapable of sticking to one viewpoint or admiting to or owning any facts. Many who temporarily bought into the blame Obama paranoia are now seeing the light that the dire straits we are in are because of Bush/Cheney et al. The tide is turning and Obama will have a second term to save this country, economically, spiritually, ethically and otherwise,and the majority of people in our land will increasingly dismiss the anti Obama rhetoric for what it is--deceitful schoolyard noise.
- January 20, 2012 at 1:29:00 AM EST
- JIm said...
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- January 20, 2012 at 7:16:00 AM EST
- JIm said...
Tom, You obviously missed the Republican congressman from SC.
- January 20, 2012 at 7:17:00 AM EST
- JIm said...
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- January 20, 2012 at 7:37:00 AM EST
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- January 20, 2012 at 7:39:00 AM EST
- Lally said...
Tom, I noticed three non-white faces in the crowd and there may have been a few more. What's more upsetting is the expressions on their faces when the candidates bash Obama in ways that are factually and even figuratively totally untrue, close-to-if-not-entirely-there traitorous and completely hateful and fuel for the kinds of political disfunction and even violence against fellow citizens. Those expressions were of complete and unwarranted smugness. If there's anything I despise almost as much as deliberate lies meant to cause human hurt and pain and real damage, it's smug self-righteous complicity in that.
- January 20, 2012 at 7:41:00 AM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
Michael, the most important and powerful thing is to keep shining the light of truth into the darkness of prejudicial falshood propogated by the traitorous enemy. Continue to refute their lies with actual facts of improvement. As the Repubes and Teapocrits continue to in-fight and their blatant hypocrisy and lack of morality, ethics and integrity become exposed, their poll numbers will decline and more and more of the even less educated, previously brainwashed population is waking up to the reality of the absolute danger of following the ill intnetioned, unqualified hucksters of the Republican Party.
- January 20, 2012 at 8:52:00 AM EST
- harryn said...
For the sake of purging venom, but not to increase your heart rate or blood pressure - what about Gingrich's outrage about being questioned about his former wife's allegations? He thought it was despicable that the tone of yet 'another' Republican nomination debate would be set by such a 'despicable' accusation?
What about having his hand in denigrating the office of the Presidency with impeachment proceedings against Clinton - what wing of the media concocted that malicious scheme?
This is where the perverse and distorted hypocrisy
of the right wing liars should infuriate their constituency. And what about John King who couldn't fire back an appropriate retort? Talk about bias ....
Tick, tock, tick, tock ....
- January 20, 2012 at 8:58:00 AM EST
- Lally said...
Paul, totally agree. I couldn't believe how flummoxed John King was, though after thinking about it, I always feel he's easily swayed and rattled by the right. But Gingrich and then Santorum and Romney talking about how the media protects Obama from criticism is so ludicrous on its face. but the way big lies work is if you say them often enough even educated and informed people can begin to believe them let alone partisans and imbeciles.
By the way, Obama gets more death threats than any president in history, exponentially more. Thanks to rightwing hate mongering lies and misdirections.
- January 20, 2012 at 9:02:00 AM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
Of course, the holier-than-thou right to life-o-crits who bomb facilities and murder doctors and somehow self justify that this is ok. Not on my watch.
- January 20, 2012 at 9:17:00 AM EST
- Lally said...
I hear you Robert. they all seemed to agree (though Ron Paul fudge this a bit) that "life begins at conception" Gingrich's latest justification being that the genetic data is all there when the sperm penetrates the egg. And he's touted as the "intellectual" on the right!
- January 20, 2012 at 9:19:00 AM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
We slaughter living beings for food and clothing, and murder for oil so we can drive our fancy cars etc etc. Get off your high frikkin horses. I'll be they all wear leather shoes and had a nice steak dinner before and or after the "debate"
- January 20, 2012 at 9:54:00 AM EST
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- January 20, 2012 at 2:55:00 PM EST
- Lally said...
Wow, that was some hateful jive. There sure are some sick people out there, but they ain't welcome here.
- January 20, 2012 at 3:02:00 PM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
The old saying is "you can dish is out but you can't take it" applies full on to Jim. I'm just giving him a mirror image of his wishful delusions from the truth side of the fence.
- January 20, 2012 at 4:12:00 PM EST
- William McPherson said...
If any one of these shameless jokers were to become president, Canada and Mexico would have to build their own fences to control the flood of Americans fleeing.
According to census data, in America today whites have 20 times the wealth of African-Americans. Not 20% more. Not twice as much. Twenty times as much. Specifically, the median household wealth for whites in 2009 was $113,149, and the median household wealth for African-Americans was $5,677. And that understates the case because the really big holdings aren't captured by census data. Romney's Cayman Island accounts, for example, aren't included,
Get ready for the tumbrels, folks. One way or another, this must stop.
And yes, that meretricious debate was disgusting, to say nothing of the howling mob. Rod Paul does appear to have some integriity and an occasional good idea; too bad in most other respects he's bonkers.
- January 20, 2012 at 8:12:00 PM EST
- Lally said...
Well said Bill, ROD Paul heh?
- January 20, 2012 at 11:56:00 PM EST
- Robert G. Zuckerman said...
Ron or Rod Paul is full on bonkers. He wants a man in a coma to take care of and be responsible for himself. I wonder if he'd feel that way if his son/wife/harlot was in a coma. He's already a walking coma with voice box that goes off way too often.
- January 21, 2012 at 2:36:00 AM EST


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As the years have gone, I've come to think of the palm tree as just too obvious a signifier of L.A. and Hollywood. I've started to think that only an out of towner, a tourist, a rube, would stop and stare at palm trees. I know they're there, but in some way I've stopped seeing them.
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The significance of the Italian palm tree, Glen tells me, is enormously wide ranging and can be traced back through various imperial adventures, from Mussolini all the way to the Roman Empire. Their dying out seems a very bad thing, and it will certainly change the look of much of Italy, and yet palm trees aren't "natural" to Italy, certainly not native. The landscape will (in any literal sense) be more natural without them.
You can see there are some huge issues at stake here, and I hope I haven't garbled them too severely. Glen has taken a series of wonderful and uncanny photographs of dead and dying palm trees. There's one above, and another below. Anyone who lives in Rome inevitably understands the pleasure of ruins, but sickly and decaying trees remain beyond the limits of what most of us consider pleasurable. You really should check out Glen Rubsamen's work. I'd post more of his images but I wouldn't want you to think I was filching his work to make my blog look good.
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