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We're sitting here at dinner, clearly, she's a winner
My love is growing stronger every day
But as I'm eating my flan, she gets a call from Jan
Who is joining us and there's nothing I can say
But it's clear the evening's ruined and I just sit here stewing
Because she talks and talks about nothing but her clothes
I hear about her nails and where her husband fails
And quite frankly the conversation blows
Now here comes by Joni who's really quite a phony
She's shows us her new shoes from the Prada store
She treats the waitress snotty, goes on about Pilates
And now I'm officially pissed and bored
Now in pops girfriend Sheila who only drinks Tequila
And man this load has really had her fill
I smile so politely but this crap happens nightly
And I'm constantly picking up the bill
Her friends, her friends,
The conversation never ends
They drive me frickin' batty, to hear them be so catty
They're all nuts and I just can't pretend
We're back at her place and they're all in my face
God I hate her friends
I despise her annoying friends
Her friend Amanda has the IQ of a chicken
But a surgeon's touch has made her boobs quite huge
This gives her the license to be a bloody nuisance
Her new boyfriend is loaded and a stooge
He goes on about his stocks, the boat, and his big dock
And I want to shove a shotgun down my throat
But my Angie is a cutey, intelligent, a beauty
This year I think I'm putting in a moat
Her Friends, her Friends
Constantly talking about new trends
The're bitchy rude and vile; I sit quietly and smile
Is this conversation ever going to end?
She says, I think with my penis
That I think with it all the time
And where's the romance with my brain in my pants?
Is that all that's on my mind?
She wants me to snuggle and cuddle
She'd like to be wined and dined
She says she wants more conversation
And less of the bump and grind
She threw away my magazines
She watches me when I'm on line
She says don't let my penis come between us
And everything will be just fine
She says that women are different
It's the emotional ties that bind
It's love and trust, not sex and lust
That she's been longing to find
And I say, guess what all guys think about
Every 5.3 seconds of time?
That's right we think with our penis
I speak for all of mankind
So check your watch cause I think with my crotch
And it's coming up on 6 to 9
She says, I think with my penis
So, let me give you a piece of my mind
Grab the cooler and the kids, we're gonna have some fun
Hanging out at the beach, soaking up the sun
We'll drive a couple hours it's not that far away
The sun will come out, it'll be a perfect day
We get there at ten with the whole human race
It took till two, just to find a parking space
At the beach, taking the kids to the beach
The kids, kids, kids love the beach
Now the beer's getting warm and the water's way to cold
I fear a storm or am I just getting old?
The dead fish in the sand, cook up quite an aroma
You can't get too tan or you'll get a melanoma
Suck in your gut, to hide your flab
My feet got cut when I stepped on a crab
At the beach, tell me why I like the beach?
Tell me why, why, why I like the beach
Sand is everywhere, on the blanket and the food
Hide the kids eyes, that fat man's nude
Check out that lady, what did she forget?
She forgot to trim her bikini line, it's like a Chia Pet
You can't surf or para-sail, you might become a paraplegic
When the harness fails you'll need more than analgesic
There's medical waste and pollution in the sea
A great white shark could bite your leg off at the knee
Someone dove from the pier and did a belly flop
Hold on a second that girl's got no top
At the beach, I forgot why I like the beach
I forgot why, why, why I like the beach
We're jammed on the interstate, trying to get home
With the lotion, the sand, and the smelly sea foam
I'm hot, I'm tired, my clothes are soaking wet
Did we get all the towels, what did we forget?
A quick look around and my wife's flippin' her lid
She lost her ring and her wallet, and we're missing one kid
At the beach, we're going back to the beach
Tell me why, why, why I like the beach?
I'm in a strange town, out on the road
Lookin' for some lovin' to lighten my load
But we got to get busy baby, 'cause I've got an early flight
I'm looking for some Sin City p***y tonight
'Lookin for some Sin City p***y tonight
(mouth trombone solo)
Sometimes a p***y makes that sound
The Wynn Casino's where I'll be
Which is ironic, 'cause I just lost 20 G's
The tables are cold and the slots are tight
So I'm looking for some Sin City (mouth trombone) tonight
Some Sin City (mouth trombone), to treat me right
Sin City people, I don't mean to be rude
But sometimes talking dirty puts Miss Kitty in the mood
The booze and the shows, the strippers and the lights
I'm looking for some Sin City (mouth trombone) tonight
Sin City (mouth trombone) tonight
I'm sick of squeezin' my peepee
Sin City (mouth trombone) tonight
I got a hard eight, or maybe I'm bluffin'
Sin City (mouth trombone) tonight
Bluffin' the muffin
Sin City (mouth trombone) tonight
I'm right on the come line
Don't send a voicemail
Don't leave a paper trail
Delete all e-mails once they're read
Don't film your lovemaking
Don't text your picture taking
Don't make a tryst a Facebook friend
Clear your history; control, alt, delete
Use the hotel's computer on the sly
If you get asked, just stand there aghast
and deny, deny, deny
Deny, deny, deny
Deny, deny, deny
If her friend saw you bang 'er
blame it on a doppelgänger
That wasn't me there in the park
If you don't want her to know
Don't make a video
Make sure the restaurant's out-of-state and dark
If you get caught kissing somebody else
It was mouth-to-mouth or they would die
If you're at the hospital and your mistress shows up
Deny, deny, deny
Deny, deny, deny
Deny, deny, deny
Don't write a check, or sign your name
Make sure that you have an alibi
Always use cash, never credit cards
And deny, deny, deny
Deny, deny, deny
Deny, deny, deny
I woke up this morning
Something was amiss
The sheets are ruined
I'm soaking, and pissed
The blanket was plugged in
The moisture blew a spark
I looked out the window
And the neighborhood was dark
I got the Nocturnal Enuresis blues
Way past my terrible two's
I wish I had a dog to accuse
I got those Nocturnal Enuresis blues
I can't sleepover a friend's house
Like Zach or Bobby D
For fear I'll wake up
In my own little sea
They'll find out at school
And I'll wish that I was dead
The pretty girls will tease me
About wetting the bed
I got the Nocturnal Enuresis blues
Hard to take when you're just a kid
A bummer at thirteen
Suicidal at thirty six
I've got the Nocturnal Enuresis blues
And when it happens I get pissed
I can't get laid
Unless it's a freak from CraigsList
I got those Nocturnal Enuresis blues
All of the ladies they tell me
I'm not one to brag or to boast
But each girl that I've ever dated
Says that I'm smaller than most
In the U.S. and even in China
And especially The Ivory Coast
I'm bigger than some forms of Plankton
But my manhood is smaller than most
A Hooker from Reno once saw it
And she turned as white as a ghost
She said I'll need my reading glasses
Your manhood is smaller than most
I'll run away with the circus
Next to me Tom Thumb's hung like a post
I'll get paid for being the fella
Whose manhood is smaller than most
Smaller than most, smaller than most
My manhood is smaller than most
So all you men who worry about size
Raise up your glasses and toast
At least you're not hung like a pimple
Yes I'm much smaller than most
But I'm a huge star on the circuit
At least I've got big balls
Now I'm Rich and Famous
And it doesn't matter at all if
I'm smaller than most, smaller than most
Yes the women will fall for a fella who's small
If his star power's taller than most
Taller than most, taller than most
Yes, my star power's tall and the girl's always fall
For a bank account larger than most
I'll have some green tea and an apple
Organically grown in the yard
Try and wipe away 20 years
Of eating bad and partying hard
We're having a baby, and I want to be around
so it's a salad with kale, black beans and endive
I want to live to be a hundred
Not somewhere around forty five
So I'm getting my act together
With a baby boy on the way
I'm staying in at night
Waking up in the day
At the new day, at the new day
At the New Day Cafe
So I'll have a shot of wheat grass
Resveratrol on the side
Cod Liver Oil and CoQ10 for the ride
Guess my age when he's in a cap and gown
leaving high school in 2028
I'll be an old mother… shut your mouth
I'm just talking about when he graduates
At 9 o'clock we're all doing Yoga
in a heated room there in the back
Some burst training in the cafe pool
Then some stand-in-place jumping jacks
So I'm getting my act together
I want to hear my son say
I love you Daddy
Let's grab the ball and play
At the new day, at the new day
At the New Day Cafe


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Motorola unveils Googlephone for the Tweetbook set
Motorola has unveiled its first Android phone, a long-promised effort to revive the company's floundering smartphone business. Sanjay K. Jha, Motorola co-chief executive and the head of the company's mobile devices division, announced the Motorola Click Cliq this morning at Mobilize 09, a mobile-obsessed mini-conference in San …
Oh well...
Eventually three will get an Android phone...
What's with all this exclusivity. iPhone on O2, this phone on Orange, Pal Pre on O2.
Where is consumer choice - I have to switch network every time I want a particular phone ? Thank goodness you can take your number with you but it's still a hassle.
OfCom should be looking into this. Oh yes, OfCom - that's the problem.
I hope Motorola succeed, this exclusivity is not going to help though. I still have my StarTAC - not that I use it. Remember the advert for that... walking along the beach...
Yes but what's the battery life like?
In my experience, Motorola phones always had poor battery life and that was on phones without Wifi, GPS etc. If they haven't sorted out the power drain on the battery, the phone is doomed.
Still it's looks better than the HTC android phones, and hopefully the fact it's built on Android means they haven't had the opportunity to screw up the UI too much (which was the other big issue with Motorola phones).
I suspect the problem with exclusives is that, if your phone isn't exclusive with a carrier, it won't get pushed very hard in their shops. So you're in this catch-22 situation that to sell big you have to partner, which restricts sales. Only a truly fantastic phone will sell well outside of such an arrangement (are you listening, Apple?)
Maybe a solution is to sell *unlocked* and *uncrippled* phones at (cringe) full price direct to the public. Then if there is a good phone out there we can purchase it and use it on the network of our choosing...
This must stop, I really don't get it, do the phone manufacturers really make their money back in the wad they get from their chosen network? Compared to the thousands of extra phone they WOULD be selling on other networks?!?!?!?!
RE: Yes but what's the battery life like?
Read yesterdays discussion on divergent customisations of Android and then sigh in anticipation as Motorola provide a custom UI experience that only they could deliver.
Not blown away
I was looking to see what the big M did with Android, but looks like Nokia's N900 is going to best it...
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LAS VEGAS • Wynn Resorts Ltd. said Monday that it made less money than expected in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, and its second quarter missed analysts' forecasts.
Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. posted a smaller loss for its fiscal first quarter on Monday, but results still missed expectations as slots and tables drew fewer gamblers.
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Excluding special items, Wynn made $1.51 per share on revenue of $1.33 billion in the latest quarter.
Analysts polled by FactSet forecast, on average, earnings of $1.57 per share on revenue of $1.34 billion.
Revenue from Wynn's two properties on the recently sluggish Las Vegas Strip soared by 16.2 percent compared with last year. But revenue in the usually robust Macau market was up by just 2.6 percent, due in part to hotel renovations that limited the number of available rooms.
Caesars owns or manages more than 50 casinos, most of them in the U.S. and Britain.
The company saw casino revenues decline by $116.8 million, or 7.5 percent. CEO Gary Loveman said food and beverage sales may ultimately replace those dollars.
Caesars said that its net loss for the three months ended June 30 shrank 12 percent, to $212.2 million, or $1.69 per share, from $241.7 million, or $1.93 a share, last year. Revenue edged down to $2.16 billion.
Analysts had expected a smaller loss of $1.40 per share on higher revenue of $2.18 billion, according to FactSet.
In a conference call with analysts Monday, CEO Steve Wynn warned against interpreting the relatively strong showing in Las Vegas as a sign that Sin City is finally bouncing back along with the rest of the U.S. economy from the crushing blow dealt by the Great Recession.
"I think we are having a limp-wristed sort of crawl out of a hole, but a recovery is a more robust word," he said.
Instead, the billionaire casino mogul attributed the jump in revenue from the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore casinos to the "premium niche" the company has carved out in Macau.
"Our brand, because of the market segment we cater to, tends to benefit from the international market. In these emerging markets, a lot of people are enjoying success outside the United States, and they make their way to Las Vegas. And I think that we are one of the first choices for that kind of visitation," he said.
Wynn noted that the company is refurbishing 600 rooms in the Wynn Macau Resort, which opened in 2006, and the renovations have taken a sixth of the available inventory out of commission.
An hour from Hong Kong by ferry, Macau is the only place in China where casino gambling is legal, and has become the biggest gambling center in the world, as the Chinese middle class has expanded in recent years.
Revenue per available room, or revpar, at Wynn Macau increased 5 percent to $300. The metric is a key gauge of a hotel operator's performance.
The company is building a second Macau casino resort in the peninsula's Cotai district expected to open in the first half of 2016.
Total revenue was up by 6.3 percent, but income was down 6 percent, to $129.8 million, in part because the company retired debt early.
Also on Monday, the company announced it will be issuing a $1-per-share dividend, payable Aug. 26 to shareholders of record on Aug. 12.
Wynn shares rose by 80 cents to $132.78 in afternoon trading.
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A few Chakra Nation Hoopers pics from a photoshoot I did with my Mama just before Christmas.
Check out my Mom's awesome blog HERE.
Today was quite the day. I'm in the midst of a transition to a new place and am on a massive job hunt— it's exciting and nerve wracking all at once.
What made today different from the past few days, though, was the death of my Opa. He and I were never particularly close, but he lived at my Dad's house since I was eight. This meant that I saw him every weekend when I lived in Humboldt, and on all holidays since I've moved away. He has been a present figure in my life for quite some time. His death wasn't unexpected. He had been sick for years and, while I can't claim to empathize with having a chronic disease or with dying, I can only assume that this transition marked the end of a lot of physical and mental suffering he had been enduring. There are a couple moments growing up, listening to his stories and singing rounds around the dinner table, that brought me happiness and that I want to honor now.
I'm grateful for his life, and that it lead to my father's life and mine. I'm grateful that he is no longer in pain. I'm grateful that this provides me an opportunity to come together with my father's side of my family. I'm grateful that I have a phone and can call my Oma and my dad. I'm grateful for all of the love that has surrounded me and my family today.
Connection is a wonderful thing.
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Central Michigan says it has suspended five students from the football team for unspecified violations of team rules.
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Central Michigan is hiring Keno Davis as its new basketball coach.
Toledo Holds Off Central Michigan 75-72
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MSU 45, Central Michigan 7
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He's a famous Sixties folk-pop troubadour who worked with Jimmy Page and played with the Beatles. But what Guitar World readers really want to know is…
What do you call your unique picking technique, and which artists inspired it? — Dingy Bell
It's called the claw-hammer, and it comes from the Carter family and Maybelle Carter, who's called "Mother" Maybelle now. In the Twenties, she transposed a banjo-picking style to guitar so there'd be a walking bass on the guitar. I learned it from a guy called Dirty Hugh. And I learned it well.
I know you taught John Lennon the picking style heard on the Beatles' "Dear Prudence" and "Julia." Which one of your own songs best exemplifies this technique? — Cindy Moorhead
That early folk style, which I taught John and he adapted, would be in a song of mine called "To Try for the Sun" from the Fairytale album from 1965. It's actually played with a capo. John plays a very clean, basic fingerstyle on "Dear Prudence" and "Julia." He became quite proficient at it very quickly, and he developed his own style.
What can you tell me about your original 1965 Gibson J-45 and Gibson's new limited-edition 1965 J-45 Donovan model? — Sal Jennings
I bought it on Sunset Boulevard, probably for 300 bucks. I wrote every song on it from late 1965 into '70, when it was stolen during a college-town gig. The security was nil then. I kind of remember a guy walking in and saying, "Hi, we're looking forward to the concert," and then wondering later where the hell my guitar was. So I was speaking to Peter Leinheiser from Gibson two years ago, and I said, "My little J-45 still hasn't turned up." I think he said, "You're being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Why don't we make you one?"
When it was offered, I said, "I'd like it exactly the same, really the same." The chief luthier said, "We'll make you a prototype right away." I said, "Great, but you'll need an original." So I found one in Ohio. I was playing it, and it all came back to me. Old tunes came out that I used to play on my old J-45. It was very touching, a wonderful feeling. And then there was the feeling of, How can you repeat this? I sent it to Gibson, and they said, "We can make it louder." I said, "No." They said, "We can make the body deeper." I said, "No, just go back to the original." The only change they made was that the new one has a pickup. It's a very fine guitar.
What are your memories of working with Jimmy Page? — Tad Poole
He walked in—he was a session guy [on "Sunshine Superman"]. He did the session and we liked each other. That was as quick as it was. My father worked with me for a while, because I was underage and couldn't sign contracts. I loved my father; he taught me a lot about poetry and stuff. And he kept everything. He gave me a box of papers that he kept, and in the papers was something from a Jimmy Page session: "Jimmy Page, £3.10." It was amazing.
Did you ever meet Jimi Hendrix? — Johnny Cola
When we got into the music business, Gypsy Dave [Gyp Mills], my road buddy since we were 16, and I used to hang out with the Animals. Gypsy was dating Yvonne, a Swedish girl, and [Animals bassist] Chas Chandler was dating another Swedish girl, the friend of Gypsy's Swedish girl. It seems a lot of rock bands were dating Swedish girls in the Sixties!
So one day, we're sitting around—me, Gypsy and Yvonne—and a call came in. It was Chas, and he said to Gyp, "You've got to get in a taxi and get to Heathrow. I'm picking up a guitar player from New York. He's f---ing amazing." So Gypsy finally arrives at this horrible hotel we were staying in because we were busted and couldn't go back to our apartment [laughs], and there was Jimi. He was thin, had an afro, a matchbox suitcase and a Fender guitar. We were the first to welcome Jimi to England.
What was it like working with Rick Rubin on the [1996] Sutras album? — Scott Devon
When we met, he asked me, "How did you make records in the Sixties?" I said, "We did three songs in three hours and an album in a week." He said, "That's why it sounds so 'live.' Let's make a record like that." As soon as we went into the studio, the guy put up baffles and Rick said, "No baffles. They didn't have baffles in the Sixties. We're going to do three songs a day, an album in a week." It took three years! He became fascinated with the songwriting process. He'd ask me, "How did you write 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'?" and things like, "You'd just pick up a book and write a song?" So he asked me to go to Book Soup [book store] in L.A. every day.
When I'd play him the new songs, if he moved his leg this way, the song was on the "maybe" list. When he tapped this foot, it was "I don't think so." I got the code. He never said much. Over three years, I realized how meticulous he was. He stripped it all down. One day he played me demo recordings of Johnny Cash playing acoustic guitar. He asked me, "What do you think?" I said, "I like them. I think they're amazing." I'd never heard Johnny with one vocal, one guitar. And of course, we know what happened [Cash's Grammy-winning 1994 album, American Recordings]. He said, "I like your demos too." And the album became an event.
Who's the best guitarist you've ever worked with? — Arnold Stang
I think I've worked with everyone in Britain except Eric Clapton. But it's hard to say, because, really, we're talking about sessions, and there were overdubs. But I have to say that, in terms of improvisation, which takes into account my love of jazz, it would be "Barabajagal" and Jeff Beck.
Can you describe the session when you recorded "Barabajagal" with Jeff Beck? — Damien Linotte
It was incredible. Mickie Most said, "We'll ask Jeff and bring the whole Jeff Beck Group in." So they had a night off and I had a session. Mickie said to me, "We're just going to play the song to the band once, and then we're going to record." So everyone was there waiting around, and Mickie said, "Well, where the f---'s Jeff?" And then Jeff walked in, and it was like Spinal Tap.
He came in and sat down with everybody else. We waited, and we waited, and Mickie said, "Okay, Jeff get your guitar out." So Jeff's looking around like, "Where's my guitar?" All the instruments have been hired—nobody had brought, and nobody had thought! His guitar's locked up somewhere in the van on the road. Mickie goes, "No guitar, Jeff? What are we gonna do?" Jeff says, "Just call somebody and get a Strat." Suddenly the whole of London is looking for this Strat for Jeff. And of course, everybody wants to get it to him—and one arrives.
Later on, I stayed at a house in L.A. that [comedian] Tommy Smothers was staying in. He said, "Let me launch 'Barabajagal' at a party." He invited everybody, and he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we're here to honor a new recording from an artist we all know, and here it is. Who do you think it is?" Nobody could figure it out. It was the most unusual single I had made at the time.
Which Donovan album are you most proud of? — Sweet Sassy Molassy
It has to be Sunshine Superman. We didn't quite know where it would sit in history, but Gypsy and I knew it was something, and Mickie Most realized it when I was sued because Alan Klein did the right thing and took me from Pye Records and put me with Clive Davis.
I was the first signing with Clive Davis with Epic/Columbia. But it wasn't understood at the time that the album was "before its time," and then it was held up, and we were busted in London [Donovan was the first popular British musician to be arrested for possession of pot], and the album hung about for seven or eight months.
When I was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they said, "Donovan single-handedly initiated the psychedelic revolution with Sunshine Superman." It was made in late 1965 and early 1966, well before Sgt. Pepper, well before [the Jefferson Airplane's] "White Rabbit" and all that stuff.
Is it true that you contributed a line to the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"? — Shannon Thornton
Yes. By then I was known for writing what's called children's songs, but really they are fantasy-legend-myth-imagination songs. [Paul] McCartney knew this, and he seemed to have a gap, a hole, in one of his songs. I asked him what he was writing, and he said, "I've got this thing called 'Yellow Submarine,' and I don't know what to do here." And I thought, Paul McCartney is asking me for a line in one of his songs.
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I've heard you sometimes offer guitar lessons in person or online. What's the latest with that? — Campbell McAlpine
Yes. If you visit my web site, donovan.ie, there's a way to contact me for master classes [firstname.lastname@example.com]. I'm thinking of doing them in the Bahamas, so it'll be a vacation for people as well. I'll also be presenting certain basics online, but this one-on-one, face-to-face master class is something I'm really looking forward to. I enjoyed doing it once before. I'll be showing things besides the Beatles tricks. I've got some other ones I didn't teach them! It's called Donovan Master Class Composition and Guitar Style. It'll be about composition—how to allow songs to happen.
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Rule number one when you go visit Usher: remove your shoes.
Even if you're Oprah.
The queen bee interviewer learned that quickly when she recently visited Usher at his Alpharetta home for an installment of "Oprah's Next Chapter," which aired on OWN Sunday night.
During the hour-long sitdown in a sunroom off Usher's airy kitchen and a room with walls decorated with children's (presumably his) artwork, Usher responded to Oprah's questions about his failed marriage to Tameka Foster; his recently won custody battle of their two children, Usher V, 4, and Naviyd, 3; his relationship with his mom, Jonetta Patton (who also appeared on the show); the tragic death of his stepson, Kile Glover; and his fidelity to Foster.
Usher said he invited Oprah because he wanted her to see his "crib," complete with treehouse in the backyard for the kids, and also so that he could "document" his experiences, with the plan to never discuss many of these issues publicly again.
"I've been a man of integrity throughout the entire process," he said in reference to the custody battle, which Foster appealed, but was reportedly denied.
Here's what he had to say about:
Relieving his mother of her duties as his longtime manager in 2007, shortly after his marriage, of which she openly disapproved.
"I never fired her…there was an opportunity to be a grandmother, to have what truly matters, which was family, which was why I wanted there to be that separation [so they wouldn't have to fight over business issues]".
How he felt about the negative reaction of fans and the public to his marriage.
"Of course it hurt me. This is supposed to be the light of my life, and nobody is responding the way I'd like them to respond. There were times when [Tameka and I] both spoke out and we shouldn't. My relationship was always supposed to be about me and her."
He also regretted his decision to go on MTV to defend his then-wife. "If this is someone you choose, then that's who you chose."
On being faithful to Foster.
"Towards the end of our marriage I found myself lost, and I just wanted out," he said, then paused, licked his lips and stared out the window for a moment. "No. I was faithful at heart, but not faithful all the way. Even having a conversation with another woman, period, about matters of your relationship or emotions is, in my opinion, not being faithful."
Oprah pressed, "But were you with another woman sexually?"
"When we were separated, yes, I was. We were not divorced," Usher responded.
Oprah brought up the oft-discussed claim that Usher cheated on Foster with her friend who was a bridesmaid at their wedding.
"The conversation about the bridesmaid has always been one that's been complicated," he said. "Outside of my marriage and our separation and our divorce, I did have exchanges with [the bridesmaid]. We were friends. She was someone who was part of the children's lives before."
About the Kile Glover tragedy.
"I miss Kile," Usher said, his voice cracking and eyes tearing up. He told Oprah he was in Los Angeles at the time of the accident and reached out "respectfully" to Ryan Glover, the boy's father, and was able to get Foster on a plane back to Atlanta.
"We cooked together, we laughed, we sang. He loved to sing and dance, he loved to tell jokes," Usher said of Kile.
He also put to rest the speculation that he didn't visit Kile in the hospital or attend his funeral. He did visit the 11-year-old in the hospital and said, "It hurts me to hear people speculating that I wasn't at the funeral. I absolutely was at the funeral. I was at the burial as well."
Oprah lightened the mood and asked Usher if he had ever been intimate with someone with his own music in the background.
"Some may say this may be rather narcissistic, but, um, yeah. I'm a good motivator for the moment. Some guys don't take their time; they don't even put music on. I like to set the mood. A little Luther [Vandross], Marvin Gaye, then your more modern songs, like Usher."
Usher's mom, Jonetta Patton, who lives around the corner and is a daily presence in his home, joined the interview.
Oprah first asked her how she reacted to the news that Usher won his custody battle.
"I was so excited, for him, for myself, because I know it's been really hard. It's a lot of pressure, but for him to receive what he fought so hard for was so rewarding."
Oprah also wanted to know if Patton ever gave Usher the "I told you so," treatment about Foster.
"I never said, 'I told you so'…if you learn something from this, [then] it's OK. He said to me, 'I'm sorry, I should have listened.' He owned it. That was really special."
And as for whether Patton is the type of mom who feels that no woman will be good enough for her son, she answered emphatically.
"I do have high standards, but there are women who are good enough for him."
"You just didn't believe that his ex-wife was the right person for him?" Oprah continued.
"Right," Patton said. "I didn't."
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By Melissa Ruggieri, Atlanta Music Scene
September 16th, 2012
11:22 pm
Atlanta is a city of women who have never been married or loved. They have been cheated on and lied to and frankly are very bitter. The treatment of Tameka was disgraceful. We must respect other women. It is hard enough to stay married as it is. Without outsiders interfering. Let your light shine
and maybe love can find it's way into you life and heart.
September 17th, 2012
12:03 am
Usher lied throughout this entire interview! It was clear that his "team' called up Mother Oprah to clean up the mess he's made of his image. This man sought out to totally remove his son's mother from their lives just because he can't get along with her! She wasn't found to be a bad mother but he admitted to being a liar and a cheat! Just because a judge ruled in his favor does NOT make him the best choice as a parent. What was wrong with joint 50/50 custody? Usher is a bitter bitter man!
September 17th, 2012
12:26 am
Usher turned his back on Chattanooga! He doesn't claim Chattanooga anymore! You have to remember where you came from!!!
September 17th, 2012
1:25 am
Ok, since Usher is the first man to cheat on his wife let's just wake up tomorrow and stone him…really. I don't condone it, but there are always factors that lead to it. What I would have really loved to know is why is he always attracted to these older women. She was around 8 yrs older, previously married with 3 kids, why would she then get pregnant without building a stable foundation for their relationship, and then expects Usher who is behaving like the 20 something yr old that he is to be the mature husband that she expects. Plus with having children back to back, your body doesn't even get time to heal, I'm sure he wasn't getting much. So there is enough blame to go around I believe, what I don't like is airing it in public.
They both need to squash this and I hope he keeps his promise not to talk about it anymore. To all those women out there, before YOU BRING a child into this world, make sure your relationship is the best it can be at that time. Usher may not have a been good husband but I firmly believe that he is a good father and now that the kids are not being used as a wedge, maybe both parties will find a healthy way to co-parent.
September 17th, 2012
3:45 am
September 17th, 2012
6:34 am
WOW! Interesting interview. Prayers go out to Tameka Foster. She has lost so much in such a short time. She lost her way, her own identity, her marriage, her son to death, two more sons w/out child support, and now even Usher's friendship. I remember when everyone hated Robin Givens. LOL People have got to learn to stop jumping on bandwagons and judging people. There is no way anyone was going to like Tameka after he had dated and cheated on Chilli. Tameka was never going to compare to Chilli. It's like Prince Charles marrying Camilla after Diana. She will always be hated. The two women were drastically different.
I am happy for Usher and I sincerely hope he is able to raise his children to be responsible, positive, focused men. The issue he must face and accept is that they are seed of Tameka and there is no way they will have Chilli's heart, spirit or demeanor. They will have Tameka's. So he needs to make certain that he can really accept that and not try to take away that part of their DNA. They are flesh of her flesh and blood of her blood. You can't love them and hate her.
Many Kudo's to his mom for keeping her mouth shut all these years. I am sure that was very difficult. No mom, single or married, wants her child to have anyone but the best. Apparently, she was right. I just hope Usher owns up to his role in the mistakes he made, and learns from them otherwise, he will find out that there are alot of Tameka's, out there waiting to take him for his money and he will be no better off with them than he would have been with her.
September 17th, 2012
6:39 am
Usher is a spoiled, lying, cheating pathetic man.
And his mother is a sick woman who's in love with her son.
Usher just proved to me that he's a punk bitch mama's boy 100%. I hope Tameka Foster bankrupt him!!!
September 17th, 2012
7:29 am
Um, taking her other two children away days after she buried a son is classless and there's nothing Oprah can do to clean up public opinion about that.
September 17th, 2012
7:50 am
While people are anointing her Saint Tameka just remember that this is a woman who already had 3 children that she did not have custody of when she went after Usher and you have to know that she went after him. Once she got him she pumped out two quick babies in her bid to hold onto him because she knew he realized this was not a good choice for him. Remember that the marriage was called off twice. Go online and see if you can find this grieving mother in court just weeks after her son died so tragically. See and hear the venom that the judge heard at a hearing she, Tameka, insisted on having after Usher asked for a delay. See and hear her continuing to bash their 2 year marriage to the point where she is finally told that they were not there to rehash their marriage and divorce but decide what was in the best interest of the boys. She has attacked him physically and gone after his girlfriend physically. This is a woman who is unstable and the judge did what was best. Is Usher a saint? No but she picked him and better than anyone she knew who he was and what he was like. I think he's learned in a painful way, what being a man entails and is now working on being the man he wants his sons to be. Give him a break folks and pray that Tameka gets the help she so obviously needs.
September 17th, 2012
8:30 am
Amen, well said PW.
September 17th, 2012
8:31 am
S/He who is without sin, cast the first stone so it says in the Bible. May God bless them both as they get on about the buisness of parenting their children and living their lives. Usher was a not a child when he married, but he was caught up in the rebound from his fall out with Chili (or whoever). Young and in love, who among us has not been there? They don't play those love songs on the radio for nothing. How many stupid decisions have been made and are STILL made because of that fickle fellow with the bow and heart arrow? If you want to know, visit your local divorce proceeding. Anywho, there are three sides to every story, his, hers and the truth. He is not a liar, nor is she and it is not for anyone to judge their reality. Would you want anyone to judge your past transgressions? I think not. Mistakes happen and this was one of them. It's not his/her first and it won't be his/her last.
His mother is a good one though. Yes , he has learned a better lesson than she could have EVER taught him. HOWEVER, I know that on occasion she has to get a dig in there. If not Jonetta, you are missing out ) I would LOVE saying "I told you so". Mothers, for whatever reason, always know best. Usher will listen to you next time I bet . For those of you who are berating him about being a 'Mama's boy', don't hate. My husband AND my 2 son's are Mama's boys and I wouldn't have it any other way.Ladies, remember, how a man treats his mother is how he will treat you.
My teenage son knows that I have standards as to who he dates and will eventually marry. He will NOT roll up to the house with any old 'LaQuinesha' and expect me to take her. I get my checklist out and start marking it when they walk in the door. By the way, she doesn't even get in the door if her name is LaQuinesha…lol
September 17th, 2012
8:38 am
PREACH pw, you told the truth! totally agree with you 100 percent.
September 17th, 2012
8:38 am
I so agree with "Dee" and "pw", thank you for so eloquently saying what I've been saying for years. Ladies, be smart, don't have babies for every man you lay with please. Stop having these random babies. You can control that. These poor kids deserve to be in a family where there is love so that they don't end up raising themselves and becoming another sad statistic.
September 17th, 2012
9:04 am
How these older women think that they are going to lock down a younger man just defies logic. They are just building his self esteem and are only a conquest. An older woman has a different mindset geared from her experiences not geared toward youth. Look at Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria, Gabrielle Union, Vivica Fox, and others chasing after boy toys only to get played later on. It used to be that women were more mature than their male counterparts at the same age. Now I think that over the last two decades that women mentally have reversed.
September 17th, 2012
9:35 am
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September 17th, 2012
9:58 am
Usher and his Mother came over as honest and real…Foster clearly is still a bitter woman who did not want to let the CASH MACHINE AND CREDIT CARD MACHINE go…She came over as a less than a good parent figure and delegator of care to others…A MOTHER SHOULD NEVER LET HER CHILDREN SEE BAD BEHAVIOR OR DISPLAY BAD BEHAVIOR WHEN THEY ARE IN THE AREA.
A "low lifed" person can not control and will manifest the "hoodify" regardless!!!!! No class always shows.
September 17th, 2012
9:58 am
Prayers are with you usher, we live our lives only to answer to one judge and thats god. I wish the best for you and your sons, Tomeka was an older woman and should have known better in life to leave her family and expect everything was going to be okay. I feel she was older and stupid.
May god bless you for being a father to your kids and fighting for them. Prayer to Tomeka that she will wake up and realize her own mistakes of life, love and family. Keep your head up learn from this and do better.
September 17th, 2012
10:06 am
You got that all wrong Usher is not the one bitter it is Tomeka.I will tell you what was wrong with the 50/50 joint custody arrangement. Tomeka would not hold up to her end of the agreement. When it came time for Usher to have his time with the boys Tomeka did not follow the agreement. She used the boys against Usher. Hence the reason for going into court.
If you have been following the case Usher requested a delay in the case because of the death of her son. The judge said NO as well as Tomeka. She pushed for the trail to go forward
September 17th, 2012
10:21 am
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September 17th, 2012
10:35 am
Nothing against, Tameka, but Usher did the right thing to get custody of his boys. I believe that any mother who has kids love them just as much as the next. However I don't understand how you can let your child (Kyle) go on a family vacay, and you are not present. You are somewhere out of town, not saying she didnt give permission, but you are not there to watch over your child while he play in the water. A accident happen, and you are flown back to Atlanta to see about your child. There is no way in hell I am too busy to be with my kids, while they play in a area surrounded by water .She may have consider it to be safe around her family, but still as a parent she should have been there to supervise her kids. So in a way I can see why Usher has taken the steps to get his boys, it seem as though he is always with them and protecting them, except like he stated while working. Yes he may have cheated, and I notice he struggle with some his answers during the interview. But like the others on this board has stated, we do not know all the facts. A man is not going to cheat for nothing, he's cheating because of something going wrong in his relationship. And apparently his mother saw it, and Usher decided to go forward with this relationship with Tameka. Point blank this woman seems to be a little crazy from the beginning to the end, and all he saw was the booty!
September 17th, 2012
11:49 am
@tinachi… Kyle was with his FATHER. Or do you think Tameka laid him from an egg?? I've traveled on business and my kids were with their FATHER, to whom I'm divorced from. If something happened to one of them on his watch, would I blame him for an ACCIDENT?? No. And I would be damned if someone called me a bad mother for being "away" whether for business or a girl's weekend in NYC. Your comment was based on lack of facts… sort of like a lot of comments on here. I'm former friends with both Tameka AND Usher. I moved away from Atlanta and recently returned and kept in contact with her, mainly because she's a woman. She's been through hell and simply 99.9999% of what's written about her is untrue (i.e., she's unemployed, broke, bitter, absentee, crazy, etc…). She's a business owner, has been on dates, grounded, and successful.
Usher turns his "indescretions" and personal issues into a platinum selling album (Confessions, Raymond v Raymond) and his legions fall all over themselves because he's sexy, famous, & rich. Meanwhile, the women behind him get called bitter, ugly, crazy, jealous, gold diggers, etc. Please believe there were PLENTY of women who didn't like Rozanda after his breakup with her and called her names… and please believe there will be another album after his relationship with Grace is over.
September 17th, 2012
12:46 pm
I hate that Oprah gave this man a platform to repair his image without allowing time for his ex to speak. He SHOULD have been on the "Fix My Life" program rather than playing damage control with Oprah.
He seems to keep repeating lots of damaging patterns, falling for unavailable older women. Maybe it's time to figure out why that happens rather than waiting for him to channel those thoughts into the latest single.
September 17th, 2012
1:20 pm
Wow a lot of jealous women on this board first off Tameka is a gold digger and I am glad she LOST custody of the boys! The judge obviously knew that Usher is the better parent that's why he got custody. People seem to casually forget that Tameka bragged about using Usher's credit card she only wanted Usher's money. However, now that Tameka isn't getting Usher's money she's bitter. Well too bad so glad this bitch is gone!
Usher's mother warned him that Tameka was trash but Usher had to learn the hard way. Thank goodness he is divorced and moved on.
September 17th, 2012
1:55 pm
September 17th, 2012
2:00 pm
Everyone in the world has a comment about her or she and wants to point the blame and finger at the person they don't like be it male or female. You don't know the whole story, so keep your opinion to yourself and mind yo bizness. You probably got a worse mess going on in your own life and are bitter yourself. Mind yo bizness and stay out of the next mans or womans affairs.
September 17th, 2012
3:22 pm
September 17th, 2012
4:21 pm
@Zor and Janie…I agree with both of your comments. I didn't find Usher to be honest at all with Oprah. He was doing alot of lying. I wondered if Oprah knew or felt he was lying. It's sad how affluent black men are treating black women who have given birth to their children these days; just because they don't want to pay child support.
September 17th, 2012
4:28 pm
No longer an Usher fan.


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Mozilla updates Firefox OS to 1.1, promises Firefox OS phones in new markets
Summary: Mozilla has flagged the launch of new Firefox OS phones with new markets coming soon.
Mozilla has announced an update to Firefox Os ahead of the operating system's launch in new countries.
Firefox OS 1.1 brings a number of performance improvements, including MMS support, a new push notifications API, app search and contact management enhancements.
The update is the first since Mozilla announced it will aim for a fast-paced quarterly release schedule for the OS.
And, following the launch in July of the first Firefox OS smartphones, Mozilla is gearing up to expand the range and availability of its HTML5-based devices.
While it trumpeted the forthcoming launches, Mozilla didn't say where and when the new Firefox OS devices will be available, although its partners, such as carriers Deutsche Telekom and Telefonica, have already outlined some of the plans, after launching the low-cost ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch in a handful of countries this year.
So far, Telefonica has launched the ZTE Open in Spain, while selling both device to its Latin American customers in Venezuela and Colombia since August. It's also planning to launch a Brazil launch in the fourth quarter of this year.
Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile brand rolled out the devices first to Poland, and plans to launch in Germany via its Congstar brand this month, followed shortly after by Greece and Hungary.
Norwegian operator Telenor also plans to launch in Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro before the end of the year.
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Beginning today, a new website posted by Iraqi Christians, asks for the canonization of the priests, adults and children slaughtered at Our Lady of Deliverance Cathedral on 31 October, and also that they be joined by Christians around the world in reciting a novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help for help for the suffering Iraqi Churches:
Prayer offered by the French Office of "Aid to the Church in Need" for the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help ,
Give peace to the land of Iraq
O Our Lady of Perpetual Help
We entrust to your heart and your love
The Iraqi people and the Church of this land.
Guard them from injustice,
In any division,
From violence and from war.
Keep them from temptation,
Slavery and revenge.
Be with them!
Help them to overcome doubts in faith,
fear with confidence,
hatred by love.
O Mother of Christ,
Be their comfort
And give strength to all those who suffer:
The persecuted,
the refugees.
Give peace to this land divided
And all the light of hope.
Prayer inspired by John Paul II
This is their multi-lingual home page: http://www.martyrs-iraq.org/ I urge readers to go there and support these people with active prayer and notes!


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News, Calendars, and Events » Calendars » Master Calendar » Department of Performing Arts
GU Concert Choir Fall Concert: Devine Image
|Schedule information
|GU Concert Choir Fall Concert: Devine Image
|Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 7:00pm
|Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart Dahlgren Chapel
|Event details
Georgetown University Dept of Performing Arts
Georgetown University Concert Choir
Fall Concert
Directed by C. Paul Heins
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Location: Dahlgren Chapel, main campus of Georgetown University
Ticket Prices: free; no tickets required.
Running time: approximately 60 minutes (no intermission)
Synopsis: The Concert Choir's fall program, "Divine Image," compiles great musical settings of texts which represent God in various forms. The proposed program will open with Dan Forrest's powerful "Arise, Shine!" – a setting of Isaiah 60, in which God is illustrated as light. Samuel Barber's "Agnus Dei," a choral setting of the composer's famous Adagio for Strings, depicts Christ as a sacrificial lamb, and is paired with Aaron Copland's "Help Us, O Lord" (an early work from his study with Nadia Boulanger): both texts represent God as helper and healer. Jean Belmont Ford's "Divine Image" – a setting of William Blake's poem – celebrates the commonalities of humanity's depictions of God. The major piece on the program will be J.S. Bach's motet Jesu, meine freude (Jesus, my joy).
Special Notes: The Concert Choir welcomes Prof. Russell J. Weissman, organist, as our guest artist on this program.
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Publication: The Day
No, this isn't a posting about sweet, bewitching football. It's about boys' lacrosse. We're branching out here.
Gary Wight isn't sure how many Eastern Connecticut Conference Large Division championships his East Lyme High School boys' lacrosse team has won.
Perhaps Wight isn't counting. Perhaps all of the championships have blurred together while coaching the ECC's premiere boys' lacrosse program. The Vikings have won 10 of the last 11 conference tournament championships and are the only program to win a CIAC state title (2004, Division II).
East Lyme beat Woodstock Academy on Tuesday, 10-1, to clinch its something-or-rather straight ECC Large Division title. The Vikings (11-3) repeated despite heavy graduation losses, including all of its attackers.
"We've been gradually getting better," Wight said. "We've been lucky to have players step into (their new roles). We've prepared with a good schedule."
Wight credited his team's senior leadership. The senior co-captains are Jacob Gordon (defense), Nic Page (attacker) and goalie Greg Swenson, the latter who is a two-time All-ECC pick.
"The seniors are a pretty good group of kids, and we have a strong junior class," Wight said. "Page, Gordon and Swenson are good leaders. … We're balanced. We haven't been scoring tremendously a lot, but we're very balanced. One game it might be Griffin Woods, who had four goals (Tuesday). Then Page might score four in another. Then the next game it's all by committee.
"I'm happy with the direction that we're going."
East Lyme closes its season out with home games against Fitch (Thursday) and Guilford (Saturday) and gets to defend its league championship next week.
The Vikings are currently third in the Class M rankings behind unbeaten Darien (ranked fifth nationally in laxpower.com's computer ratings) and fellow Fairfield County power New Canaan (13-3).
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Who else betrayed the Palestinians?
I agree with Laila El-Haddad that the Palestinians have been betrayed by Judge Richard Goldstone ("Palestinians betrayed by Judge Goldstone," April 18), but I might add that they have been betrayed by others as well, particularly the Obama administration.
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It was another boring day at work. Karen lazily walked to the bathroom. She had so much time to kill, and the book she was reading, kept losing her attention. Once inside the bathroom, she took a turn for the endless row of empty toilets, but something made her stop in her tracks.
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The primary was the key campaign for me-my guys lost. I had strong reservations about Romney but there was zero chance of me supporting Obama and I was not about to just let him waltz to re-election by default. I may get frustrated with the choices sometimes but C'est la vie".
Dana Rorabacher, Devin Nunez, Marco Rubio ( he's a confirmed CFR-mbr but he still has alot to offer ),
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I don't care how you "feel." No one does. Your idiotic protest vote accomplishes no protest, since no one will remember it.
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Yes, we lost. But I don't think it's necessarily fair to say that ACORN stole the election, do you?
PPP's first post election national poll finds that Republicans are taking the results pretty hard...and also declining in numbers.
49% of GOP voters nationally say they think that ACORN stole the election for President Obama. We found that 52% of Republicans thought that ACORN stole the 2008 election for Obama, so this is a modest decline, but perhaps smaller than might have been expected given that ACORN doesn't exist anymore.
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A new coach isn't the only change the Buffaloes face this season.
After reaching two consecutive 4A state title games, the Buffaloes were placed back in Class 3A.
Getting Buffaloed
Former Canyon View coach Melanie Nelson and former Tooele player Whitnie Griffith took the helm of the Buffaloes softball team after the resignations of three-year coach Steve Snow and assistant Mike Mendenhall.
A decade ago, Snow and Mendenhall set Tooele's future dominance in motion with the formation of the Tooele County Thunder youth league.
The Buffaloes have played in nine consecutive state title games, in classes 3A and 4A. Tooele and Spanish Fork, who battled for the 4A title last season, now join Bear River, Union and Canyon View in 3A, which many now deem the toughest softball classification in the state.
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It's far from a demotion. Rather, the classification is stacked with powerhouses like Bear River, Union and Canyon View. The addition of perennial 4A power Spanish Fork, which edged Tooele for the 4A state title last season, makes for a challenging road to the 3A title.
"This classification may be the most tough, the most deep in the state," Nelson said.
But, true to form, a championship always remains the Buffaloes' goal.
"We're never really satisfied with anything else," Sorenson said. "But this year, we're also focused on coming together and accepting change."
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A Solon business owner didn't fall for a phone scam trying to bilk the business for hundreds of dollars, according to Solon Police.
On Jan. 24, D & R Bagels on Aurora Road received a call from someone claiming to be from the Illuminating Company who said that the business's electric bill.
The caller threatened that the business would have its electricity shut off if the bill wasn't paid by 1:30 p.m. that day.
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The New York Knicks recently expressed interest in signing Dallas Mavericks free agent Elton Brand. However, Brand is in no rush and will explore all options before making a decision on where he will play next season.
Brand would fill the Knicks' needs for rebounding and post defense. But Falk said many teams are interested in Brand. "When you get past the first wave of primo free agents like Dwight Howard, Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap, Andre Iguodala, he's probably the best big guy in the next tier," Falk said. "He's been a great player for a long time, the No. 1 pick in the draft, he's gotten two max deals. I'm trying to find the best fit for him. There's no rush.
"I'm just waiting for the right situation to manifest itself and then we'll pull the trigger."
Brand signed a one-year deal with the Mavericks last season, and will likely be looking for a new team. He averaged 7.2 points and 6 rebounds per game in 2013-13. Despite being 34 years old he can still bring some additional rebounding and a paint presence to a contending team.


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Washington, DC – Eight Russian cultural leaders, ranging from the manager of a children's folk instrument orchestra to the director of a major arts festival, will visit Michigan Nov. 8–22 on the first exchange under the new Open World Cultural Leaders Program. The program is administered by the Open World Leadership Center, an independent legislative branch agency located at the Library of Congress.
Over the past four years, the Center's Open World Program has brought more than 7,000 Russian political and civic leaders to all 50 U.S. states to build mutual understanding between the United States and the Russian Federation. Congress directed Open World to launch the new Cultural Leaders Program in legislation passed earlier this year. The inaugural Open World cultural leaders exchange is being hosted by the National Peace Foundation (NPF) in Michigan and North Carolina. NPF has organized numerous Open World visits and has strong local networks in both states.
The cultural leaders visiting Michigan are from the Volga Region in central Russia. Delegation members include key museum personnel, music directors, and music educators. The Russians will split into two groups – one will spend 10 days in Grand Rapids while the second will visit Traverse City, Interlochen and Ann Arbor, then the two groups will reunite for a short stay in the Detroit/Dearborn area.
"The Open World Program has worked tirelessly to foster a greater understanding between the people of Russia and the United States," said Senator Carl Levin, who sits on the Open World Leadership Center Board of Trustees. "Over the years, the program has achieved great success in its governmental and business exchanges, and the new cultural exchanges will offer exciting opportunities to broaden the scope of information sharing. I am pleased that Michigan was selected as a site for the cultural exchange. I am confident that the cultural leaders will greatly enjoy our state and all it has to offer."
"Russia's cultural leaders and traditions have played a disproportionate role in shaping and directing Russia's history and politics," added Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, a co-founder of the Open World Program and chairman of the Center's Board of Trustees. "Linking our two countries more closely through our cultural institutions reinforces the deep artistic ties between our two countries."
The four Russian delegates visiting Traverse City, Interlochen, and Ann Arbor will participate in a range of activities on the campus of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, including having roundtables with faculty, attending performances, and joining music classes. They are also scheduled to visit student music groups and classes at Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City East and Traverse City West junior high schools, and Norris and Westwoods elementary schools. Jeffrey Kimpton, president of the Interlochen Center for the Arts, organized this portion of the delegation's schedule.
Highlights of the group's Ann Arbor program (Nov. 16–20), which was put together by Dr. Karen Wolff, the dean of the University of Michigan School of Music, include sitting in on music classes, meeting with School of Music faculty, and attending a Michigan Youth Orchestra rehearsal.
Grand Rapids' four Russian visitors will explore the city's historic and cultural sites; tour educational institutions and galleries; and meet with leading area arts professionals. While in the Detroit/Dearborn area, the entire delegation will visit local cultural institutions and meet with Ford Motor Company officials to learn about the company's support of the arts.
Before arriving in Michigan, the Russians will take part in a Washington, DC orientation session with the North Carolina delegates that will include meetings with National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia and other arts leaders. Their U.S. program concludes with a visit to New York City, where the entire Russian delegation will have working meetings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Juilliard School of Music, and downtown cultural institutions and organizations, including the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, which is involved in rebuilding the downtown's art and cultural communities.
"Having the cultural exchanges last three weeks, rather than the 10 days that is typical of our civic exchanges, is designed to provide ample time for both U.S. and Russian partners to learn about how arts organizations are developed in each other's country; how these organizations serve their communities; and also how cultural activity in the United States is funded – a topic of special relevance to Russian cultural institutions adjusting to reduced government support and a market economy," stated Open World Executive Director Geraldine M. Otremba.
Open World enlisted the Likhachev Foundation and CEC International Partners to help identify potential candidates for this program, and has been working closely with the Russian Ministry of Culture, the National Endowment for the Arts, NPF, and the U.S. host institutions on the design of the first three-week residencies. Both traditional high culture and popular culture in the United States will be explored, as will Russia's immensely important folklore traditions.
The Open World Program at the Library of Congress brings emerging political and civic leaders from all 89 regions of the Russian Federation to communities across the United States. Delegations experience American community and cultural life while learning about the responsibilities of and interrelationships between the three branches and different levels (federal, state, and local) of the U.S. government. Program participants also explore how the U.S. private and nonprofit sectors help meet social and civic needs. Participants engage in hands-on experiences, direct observation, and substantive exchange with their professional counterparts.
For more background on Open World, please contact Katya Sedova at 202-466-6210 or visit http://www.openworld.gov.


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I'm actually surprised at either the number of ore nodes or the respawn rate of them, because last night I was out mining and came across like 3 other people doing the same thing. If I saw someone headed for a node, I went on to find another one. By the time I was done looping twilight highlands a couple times, I noticed I had a lot more ore than I thought I did since I kept running into people. It either respawns faster or there's more of it, no need to fight over it - opposing faction or not. :)


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We recently went to Cancun recently to relax, breathe, and write music. While there our good friend James Parker video taped and took pictures of pretty much every single move that we made. For the next week or so I am going to be posting pictures of our trip. Unfortunately, most of them will be of me…or me and a friend or two, because I don't want to post pictures of the other guys and them get mad at me for posting the wrong ones etc. Hope you enjoy them!! While we were there we wrote some really fun and neat songs and we are counting down the days until you can hear them. Today's theme is pool party..haha (clever name i know) where I'm posting pictures of us hanging out at the swimming pool at the ME Cancun Hotel. Talk to you guys soon!!!
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A BYU student caught in an avalanche died Sunday after she was taken off life support.
Ashleigh Nicole Cox had been snoeshowing with several people near Tibble Fork Reservoir, in American Fork Canyon, when a 50-foot-long slide pushed her into a creek, according to the Utah County Sheriff's Office. The 21-year-old was trapped for about 40 minutes, and emerged not breathing and with no pulse, said Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon.
The responders were able to get her heart beating again and she was taken to the trauma center at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. But she remained in "extremely critical" condition and she was removed from life support Sunday afternoon, Cannon said.
The avalanche center forecasted at least a high risk for slides, bordering on extreme, for all of the northern and central Utah mountains throughout the weekend.
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The Inside Out: (4000 sq ft of) Living Well in Williamsburg!
Communal living is not something we have addressed too much during the house tour explorations. Here is an upwards of 4000 square foot loft full of artists in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
As much of a cliche as such a scenario may be at this point, I thought it would be a good idea to get a peek inside one.
Check out their ingenuity and pragmatism.
There are three units within the one large space and each unit is subdivided into a couple of bedrooms. Each unit's owner(s) have taken the initiative to personalize and develop their own space using salvaged materials and sustainable techniques.
In one unit, they have created a dance floor with radiant heating beneath a well varnished hardwood floor. This will be used as a dance floor. floor heating is one of the most efficient ways to heat a large space with high ceilings. As heat rises, it makes sense for the source to be as low as possible.
It is so sad to see so many loft units with very ceilings and heating units that shoot air overhead. This is a terrible waste and very frustrating. (I say this from personal
One of the bedrooms in the unit with the heated dance floor also boasts radiant heating and another bedroom uses age old techniques to try to capture existing heat trends.
The occupant has a summer bed and a winter bed. In the winter, she climbs into her carved wood loft, about 8 feet above ground, and takes advantage of the warm air up high. In the summer, she sleeps in a fold-out bed on the ground floor to cash in on the cool down low.
Swings, huge kitchen tables, great shelving and storage devices, and great views are all details that make this space easily livable. When it comes down to it, we want to be able to live in the spaces we create for ourselves, and to live well. these artists have made great headway towards that ideal through the use of simple, inexpensive materials and hard work. Super Sleuth JS
11 Comments
I have one question. How many bathrooms do these 10 people share?
Oooh! I love this, especially that winter/summer loft and the fabulous arched window... Thanks for sleuthing and sharing!
One fridge? I live alone and can barely fit my grub in my fridge.
They probably eat out a lot and shower at the gym.
I truly love the ceiling level swings. Are they functional? I have a fantasy of having trapeze swings in a living space.
i actually remember the first time this was posted and I loved it back then too.
Is communal living a cliche? I didn't know that.
The fridge?
Years ago I went to a friend of a friend's loft that was shared with 4 other people in what was the photo district. There were five full-sized refrigerators (probably salvaged) lined up in the huge space that served as a kitchen. Each one had a chain and padlock around it. "It's such a pain wake up to discover that all of your food has been borrowed overnight," the communal-loft member said.
I get such a wave of energy from seeing space like this, where the customs and rules go out the window, and the people who live there have so much freedom over the ways they establish their space.
Love the way the convex mirror composes what it reflects!
Ah! I miss my communal living days...all of 4 years ago!!! Had a 5000sq, 2 floor space with 30 feet ceilings, all exposed beams that converged into a dome at the center (used to be a ballroom), and oodles of exposed brick in Chicago. Lived with 6 other people. we had 2 bathrooms and a mobile room. we used the space for performances and exhibitions. we probably paid a fraction of what these folks pay in w'burg (2100..but the heating bills in the winter...what a drag!).
it was the swing that got me in these pictures. we had a swing...and a slide! i wish i had pictures of the old homestead, but alas....thanks for posting this!
I suppose it's difficult to organize cleaning up after one's self in communal living.