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Market Drivers
• Simplified header for routing efficiency
• Deeper hierarchy and policies for network architecture flexibility, enabling efficient support for routing and route aggregation
• Serverless autoconfiguration, easier renumbering, and improved ready-to-use support
• Security with mandatory IP Security (IPsec) implementation for all IPv6 devices
• Improved support for Mobile IP and mobile computing devices (direct path)
• Enhanced multicast support with increased addresses and efficient mechanisms
Integration and Coexistence
• Network planning and operations managers scheduling an IPv6 deployment must be able to do it when and where needed
• New or updated applications must be protocol-agnostic. IPv4 or IPv6 services are possible between hosts or applications
• Incremental upgrade and deployment, no "flag day"1
• Minimize operational cost, learning curve, and support requirements
IPv6 Innovations at Cisco
• Cisco engineers have been and continue to be involved on co-chairing multiple IETF Working Groups:
– IPv6 WG from 1990s to 2003
– NGTrans WG from 1990s to 2003
– Dynamic Host Configuration (DHC) WG since 2003
– Mobile IPv6 WG since 2003
– V6Ops WG since 2005
• Cisco IOS® Software IPv6 technology releases have been extensively proven in the 6Bone network (http://www.6bone.net) from 1996 to 2006.
• Since the creation of the IPv6 Forum in 1999, Cisco is a founding member of the forum (http://www.ipv6forum.com) and participates in the National IPv6 Task Force's efforts, such as within the North-America IPv6 Task Force (http://www.nav6tf.org).
• Since May 2001, Cisco IOS Software releases integrate the full IPv6 commercial feature set, with worldwide Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support.
• Cisco's long-term involvement in large-scale deployments of IPv6 such as 6NET (http://www.6net.org) and Moonv6 (http://www.moonv6.org) means Cisco Professional Services are now able to offer highly experienced consultations on IPv6 projects.
• Two Cisco Press® books have been published (http://www.ciscopress.com/title/1587052105, http://www.ciscopress.com/title/1587050862), and Cisco has participated in dissemination projects such as 6DISS (http://www.6diss.org) and 6Deploy (http://www.6deploy.org).
• Cisco IOS IPv6 Provider Edge Router (6PE) over Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Cisco IPv6 VPN Provider Edge Router (6VPE) over MPLS.
• Cisco IOS IPv6 Broadband Access feature set, including Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version 6 (DHCPv6) Prefix Delegation; generic prefix configuration; and authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) for IPv6.
• Full IPv6 multicast services such Embedded Rendezvous Point (Embedded RP) or source-specific multicast (SSM), for next-generation triple play services.
• Cisco Mobile Wireless Home Agent IPv6 and Mobile Access Router IPv6.
• IPv6 First Hop Security, including stateful firewall and IPsec hardware encryption.
Cisco IPV6 Solutions
Cisco IOS Software
Table 1. Cisco IOS Software IPv6 Releases
Cisco Hardware
Note: Not all hardware supports all features. Consult the release notes to determine which hardware platform receives features from a particular Cisco IOS Software release train.
Table 2. Cisco IPv6 Layer 3 Solutions
Layer 2 Switching
• Cisco Catalyst 2960-C and 3560-C Series Switches
• Cisco Catalyst 2960 and 2960-S Series Switches
• Cisco Catalyst 3560V2, 3560-E, 3560-X, 3750V2, 3750-E and 3750-X Series Switches
• Cisco Catalyst 4500 and 4500-E Series Switches with Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 6 and 7
• Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch
Cable Routers
Wireless LAN Solutions
• Cisco Aironet® access points running Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points protocol (CAPWAP)
• Cisco 2500 and 5500 Series Wireless LAN Controllers
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2)
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Module Enhanced (WLCM-E) for Integrated Services Routers
• Cisco 3300 Series Mobility Services Engine (MSE)
• Cisco Prime™ Network Control System 1.1 (NCS)
Data Center Switches
Multilayer Storage
• IPv6 on the Out-of-Band Ethernet Port for management. This interface is used for command-line interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and the Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)-based management access.
• Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol on the IP Storage Ports (IPS) on IP Storage Service modules for transport of SCSI protocol over IP networks.
• Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) protocol on the IP Storage Ports (IPS) on IP Storage Service modules for transport of Fibre Channel protocol over IP networks.
• MDS 9509 Multilayer Director
• MDS 9506 Multilayer Director
• MDS 9216 Multilayer Fabric Switch
• MDS 9216i Multilayer Fabric Switch
• MDS 9140 Multilayer Fabric Switch
• MDS 9120 Multilayer Fabric Switch
• IPS-4/8 MDS 9000 Module
• FC-32 MDS 9000 Module
• FC-16 MDS 9000 Module
Table 3. Cisco Security Solutions
Network Management Applications
• IPv6 stack on Network Management Station (NMS)
• IPv6 stack on network devices
• NMS applications running over an IPv6 stack
• SNMP over an IPv6 transport
• IPv6 address family support on public and private MIB when required
Table 4. Cisco IPv6 Network Management Solution
IPv6 Assessment and Migration Services
Understanding IPv6 Addressing and Allocation Policies
• Global Policy for IPv6- Background Report:
• IPv6 Addressing Architecture (RFC 4291): http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4291.txt
• IPv6 Global Unicast Address Format (RFC 3587): http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3587.txt
• Deprecating Site Local address (RFC 3879): http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3879.txt
• Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses (RFC 4193): http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4193.txt
• IPv6 Top Level Aggregator (TLA) Assignment:
• IPv6 Multicast Address Assignment:
• IPv6 Allocation List Regional Registries: http://www.ripe.net/rs/ipv6/stats/index.html
• AFRINIC IPv6 Policies: http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v6200407-000.htm
• APNIC IPv6 Resources Guide: http://www.apnic.net/services/ipv6_guide.html
• ARIN IPv6 Registration Services: http://www.arin.net/registration/ipv6/index.html
• LACNIC IPv6 Registration Services: http://lacnic.net/en/registro/ipv6.html
• RIPE NCC Registration Services: http://www.ripe.net/rs/ipv6/index.html
Supported List of RFCs
• Cisco.com IPv6 information at: http://www.cisco.com/ipv6
• IETF IPv6 specifications defined by the IETF IP Next-Generation Working Group at: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ipv6-charter.html. Additional details at http://playground.sun.com/ipv6
• The former IETF NGTrans WG designing the protocols and mechanisms to transition the Internet from IPv4 to IPv6 at: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html
• IETF v6 Ops WG has essentially replaced the NGtrans effort. The difference is that v6ops is focused on outlining transition scenarios and identifying the specific tools (many from the NGtrans effort) that will be used in a transition. Visit: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/v6ops-charter.html. Additional v6ops information at: http://www.6bone.net/v6ops/
• IETF Multi6 WG considers the problem of how to multihome sites in IPv6: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/multi6-charter.html
• IETF MIPv6 WG Mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) specifies routing support to permit an IPv6 host to continue using its "permanent" home address as it moves around the Internet: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/mip6-charter.html
• IETF Shim6 WG: http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/shim6-charter.html
• The 6Bone was an IPv6 pilot network set up to test the deployment and evolution of IPv6 protocol around the world. Since June 6, 2006, 6Bone has been phased-out. http://www.6bone.net/
• The IPv6 Forum. Cisco is a founding and active member of the IPv6 Forum. The mission is to promote the use of IPv6 protocol: http://www.ipv6forum.com/
• IPv6 Task Force around the World: http://www.ipv6tf.org/
– North-America IPv6 Task Force: http://www.nav6tf.org/
– European IPv6 Task Forces: http://www.ipv6tf.org/meet/tf/eutf.php
– Japan IPv6 Promotion council: http://www.v6pc.jp/en/index.html
– Korea IPv6 Task Force: http://www.ipv6.or.kr/eng/index.html
• A Pragmatic Report on IPv4 Address Space Consumption: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_8-3/ipv4.html
• http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/
• U.S. Office of Management & Budget memo - Transition Planning for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6): http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2005/m05-22.pdf
• IPv6 and National Strategies on Information and Communication Technologies: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6553/products_white_paper0900aecd8032b2ad.shtml
• IPv6 commercial services in Japan: http://www.ipv6style.jp/en/statistics/services/index.shtml
• Microsoft Windows Vista Release - Dual Stack IPv4 and IPv6:
– http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
– http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/ipv6/default.mspx
• Cable Industry - DOCSIS 3.0 integrates IPv6 for Cable: http://www.cabledatacomnews.com/may05/may05-1.html


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By Frenche Brewer, firstname.lastname@example.com, 803-777-3691
What are the odds that you would meet your future wife on a blind date as a wing man for your best friend? For Sterling Dye, in this case, the odds were pretty good.
But, it took another chance meeting with his future bride in a pumpkin patch two days later for fate to step in. While Dye was waiting to make the next sale, a familiar face drove up.
"I was listening to music, reading a book, when a car pulled up and a beautiful woman got out and began browsing the pumpkin selection. It was Whitney. From that day on, we have been together, almost two years," Dye said.
While the two had talked about getting married, it was on a surprise trip to Europe, at the invitation of Dye's father, that he decided that Paris was the perfect backdrop for a wedding proposal.
Dye told James they were going to dinner, so with James dressed up in three-inch heels they set out for a romantic evening, when Dye convinced her to stop at the Eiffel Tower. After a tour of the iconic attraction, Dye asked a couple to take their picture.
"We smiled for the first picture together and I said one more please, then I quickly hit a knee. The girl taking our picture started screaming and giggling, Whitney started to tear up. It was magical," Dye said.
The couple returned to Columbia with plans to elope this year to avoid burdening their families with wedding debt. But even an elopement became out of the question after James lost her job as a medical assistant. She returned to nursing school at USC and Dye, a Wofford graduate, is supporting them on his personal trainer salary.
Their love story won the hearts of the students in Annette Hoover's event planning class which conducted a contest to find a couple for the 14th wedding class project. They will provide at no charge everything for the couple, including flowers, photography, entertainment, décor, invitations, even the rings and the honeymoon.
The ceremony is set for Nov. 18 at the Mitchell House in Lexington.

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As you can see from the above map, Israel, those ' Zionist interlopers', as Iranian president Ahmadinejad calls them, are really crowding the surrounding Muslim countries in the Middle East (Israel is the tiny sliver of yellow in the middle, next to the sea). It's getting so an Allah-fearing Muslim can barely breathe these days without a Jew fouling up the air in the neighborhood. I hear there is even a Jew in Iran. The nerve. On the plus side, it's said the Jew in Iran DOES know his place as a second class mud person infidel, descended from pigs.
The issue of illegal immigration comes down to this:
Why is it that the Clinton's can lie through their teeth on a regular basis and never get called on it by the mainstream media, even when the lies come only a few days apart ? Okay, my friends, put your hands down, I know you all know the answer. This is for those 'other' people, the ones who think the Clintons can do no wrong, who think the Clintons actually have decency and character and things like that.
On John Edwards website, he says he wants to get rid of those Two Americas he's always talking about. The site says "Building One America will take strong, bold steps, not incremental steps and half measures. Edwards has proposed detailed plans to put Washington back on the side of regular families".
Some of the presidential candidates are beginning to come out with their plans to fix Social Security. A common idea among many Democratic contenders is that the way to close the coming SS gap (the shortage of SS revenue relative to retiree payouts that will occur after the baby boomers retire) is to simply remove the SS payroll tax ceiling, thus subjecting all of a wealthier person's wages to the 12.2% SS payroll tax. Currently, only the first $97,000 of a person's wages is subject to the tax. Barack Obama has recently come out with this proposal..
The Republican presidential frontrunners have declined an invitation to be involved in a PBS debate on minority issues at a black college, to be hosted by Tavis Smiley. Earlier in the year, all but one GOP candidate declined a similar NAACP event. Ditto for a debate on a spanish language television channel. You can read the story here.
It has now become obvious what these men are doing, and I'd like to utter a string of curse words here at the cowardice they are displaying. I submit that if the Republican frontrunners are too afraid to air their views in front of what they perceive will be a hostile crowd (90% of black people vote Democrat, and PBS has a pronouned leftward lean), then THEY ARE NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The president of the country represents ALL the people of the country, not just the ones it is politically convenient to represent. If they are afraid they will be asked some hard questions, well boo-hoo, then get out of the race. They are SUPPOSED TO BE ASKED HARD QUESTIONS. I had similar disdain for the Democratic candidates earlier this year when the Dems all passed on a debate because it was being hosted by conservative leaning Fox News. It looks to me like we have a bunch of spineless jellyfish wanting to become the leader of the free world and commander in chief. I have only one word in response: NO !
Welcome to the All Da King's Men blog. This site will feature primarily political and current issues content. The blog title obviously comes from the Robert Penn Warren novel All The King's Men, which was about the rise to power of fictional political boss Willie Stark. The blog title also has a personal meaning to me, which shall remain a secret for now.
My personal overall political bent tends to be libertarian/conservative, though not 100% of the time. There are exceptions to everything. The blog topics will reflect that. I generally favor limited government with low taxes and low government spending, which makes me nearly extinct in today's political climate, which I'd describe as all out political 'pander-monium'. I might not go quite as far as Mark Twain did by calling Congress the 'only native criminal class', but it's always wise to keep a watchful eye on the folks who can reach into your pocket and appropriate your money.
Hillary has announced her new universal health care plan, and I have to say, I like it better than the old plan already. For one thing, the new plan is only 16 pages long, while her 1993 version was about the size of the Old Testament. Plus, nearly half of the 16 pages are just pictures of people smiling over the wonderfulness of Hillary's happy health care plan, so the actual text is probably only 8-10 pages written in a large font. I'm sure Hillary has covered all the health care bases though, because, after all, her husband balanced the federal budget in the year 2000. You can link to Hillary's health care plan here
After the Minneapolis I-35 bridge collapsed, leaving 13 people dead, much was said about our misplaced state and federal spending priorities. The mainstream media and the Democrats (which might seem like two separate entities, but are actually one and the same) mostly blamed Bush, citing the high cost of the Iraq war, or blamed poor Republican leadership in general, with statements like "Republicans are for less government, so of course infrastructure is going to deteriorate. Republicans favor tax cuts for the rich, so they don't care if your family members are killed by collapsing bridges as long as Halliburton stockholders can increase their bottom line". We will set aside for the moment that the Minneapolis bridge had been classified as 'structurally deficient' since 1991, or that there are many, many, many other bridges in the same deficient category all across the country, and have been for a long, long, long time. That stuff is politically inconvenient.
For anyone who isn't familiar with the story of the teen racial problems in the small southern town of Jena, Louisiana, there is a pretty good overview of the smarmy tale here
There is a lot to sort out amid all the conflicting stories being thrown out by the teenagers on both sides of the Jena dustup, but there is one thing I think we can all agree on, based on witness accounts from both sides: those six black kids (the "Jena Six") DID beat and stomp that white kid into unconsciousness, and that IS a violent crime. At least I hope we can all agree on that, being reasonable people.
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Ray Rice fights to stop bullying...please help if you can
Ray Rice has announced that he has partnered with Merriweather Post Pavilion, Teen Truth Live, and other local sponsors to bring his A Ray of Hope campaign to the parents of youth in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC area on July 13, 2012 at 6pm.
(Here are a couple links to more details)
Ray of Hope
Since starting my pro-kindness, anti-bullying campaign earlier this year, I have received thousands of emails from kids who have been bullied. I have also received many who have told me that this message of hope assures them that they are not alone. The content of many of the emails have been overwhelming, says Rice. Overwhelmingly sad, positive, and just plain scary. I just want kids to know they are not alone in this world. I want kids to know its okay to be who they are. I want to help them learn compassion for one another.
Teen Truth Live, an award winning program, is an interactive, multi-media assembly experience that combines motivational presentations with a 22-minute film that was created by students. The award winning film, TEEN TRUTH: BULLY & SCHOOL VIOLENCE, focuses on social issues that can lead to serious consequences while the presentation challenges students to think about how their reactions to these issues impact the lives of those around them. Using storytelling, humor, real world examples and audience participation, TEEN TRUTH LIVE: BULLY & SCHOOL VIOLENCE teaches students to identify the different forms of bullying, understand how bullying can lead to serious consequences, and motivate students to stop bullying from happening in their school.
The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required for entry but event organizers are asking that people wishing to attend RSVP via Rays website at www.RayRice27.com so appropriate accommodations for the correct number of people may be made. Please make sure you RSVP for the event in order to attend as capacity is limited. The event is open to all children and adults; however, the program contains content that may not be suitable for all viewers and parental discretion is strongly advised for children under 13. Children under the age of 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for admittance to the event.
Doors will open at 6pm. There will be music and entertainment prior to the program. There will be many community oriented vendor booths to visit. The program begins at 7pm and is expected to last 1.5 hours. Directions to Merriweather can be found online at www.merriweathermusic.com.
Attendees are asked to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the local food bank. Donations are appreciated but are not required for admission.
For sponsorship or vendor information, please contact Deb Poquette at firstname.lastname@example.com or (410)340-3569.Follow me on Twitter @RSRLombardi
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Im sorry but I have a hard time wrapping my head around a "anti-bullying campaign" that is "Parental Discretion advised"
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Thanks for sharing, Tony. It's a worthy cause.Festivus
His definitions and arguments were so clear in his own mind that he was unable to understand how any reasonable person could honestly differ with him.
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Deleted all the off topic nonsense and noise since it was turning into commentary on bullying and not the charity itself.
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BRADENTON, FL – Florida's Manatee County School Board has voted unanimously to ban energy drinks in the county's schools.
School officials say the high sugar and caffeine content of energy drinks make students too restless to concentrate in class. On average, each 16-fl.oz. can has more than 14 teaspoons of sugar and 200mg. of caffeine, equivalent to about three cups of coffee, officials claim.
"We know a significant number of students who have increased energy followed by decreased energy can have agitation. Caffeine affects how the brain works," said Joe Stokes, director of elementary schools for Manatee School District.
The drinks will no longer be allowed in vending machines, cafeterias or school stores, and students will not be allowed to bring them from home, beginning this school year.
Students will receive a warning if they violate the policy and will be suspended if they are caught a second time.
There are 42,000 students in the Manatee County School District, which is in the South Tampa Bay region.


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I remember reading about a handheld version of backtrack possibility and i am very new to linux and even newer to PDA's
How can i shift from the preinstalled windows mobile 2003 to a linux distro? if it is only by SD card then my options are quite limited as i will be utilising the following wireless card
The device in question is an ACER n30 Pocket-PC.
As it has no navigational wheel i was wondering if that would make it a nightmare for pocket distro's
Any advice and or pointers are much appreciated.
I know this is not a linux distro selection forum but i would like to running a handheld pentesting suite - mainly as it has no ethernet access it would have to connected via wireless - hence the card choice [ its the only one i could find that was b/g compatable]
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Hate to chime in, but is there anything that would run BT fully functional for under $500?
not technically a PDA, but as close as you may get.
I felt like bending the bars back, and ripping out the window frames and eating them. yes, eating them! Leaping, leaping, leaping! Colonics for everyone! All right! You dumb*sses. I'm a mental patient. I'm *supposed* to act out!


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BASF and Philips have claimed a practical breakthrough in the development of OLE) technology that allows it to be integrated in car roofs. The OLEDs are transparent when switched off, allowing for a clear view outside the vehicle, yet providing light only within the vehicle when switched on.
This OLED lighting concept for car roofs is the result of a longstanding cooperation between BASF and Philips in the research and development of OLED modules.
In addition to offering completely new design possibilities, the transparent OLED lighting concept also allows new approaches to automotive engineering, the companies said. The transparent OLED sandwich structure can be combined with equally transparent solar cells.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Hey guys,
I wanted to implement this star rating script but I cant get the jquery to work. I uploaded the 2 .js files, the min.js file the .css file and the 3 pictures to my host account. Then I changed the path from jquery/...js to ...js.
Using the following code all the page displays is "Hi"
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="jRating.jquery.css" />

then it should work?
It seems like the paths in the java documents all require a jquery/.. in front of the file unless I change it.
We can help you to figure out what the problem is, but in order to do that we need you to link us to a page of yours that is experiencing the problem.
I sent you a private message with the link to my site. I really appreciate your help.
Thanks for the link - the problem that you're having is in relation to the id attribute. See http://www.myjqueryplugins.com/jRating
Interesting, I changed the div field to id"1_1" and it still didnt work. Then I removed the "Hi" and it worked.Thanks a lot, saved me a ton of time.Appreciate it


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text: The media connections of many prominent evangelicals associated with the rise of the Religious Right in the late 1970s and early 1980s (Dobson, Falwell, Robertson, Robison) along with the lurid headlines connected with the televangelist scandals (Popov, Roberts, Tilton, Swaggart, the Bakkers) of the late 1980s has created a pervasive connection in the popular mind linking evangelicals with the electronic media. The world of big-time televangelism is hardly reflective of the style, theology, or ethos of all evangelicalism. It does, however, reflect the importance of the movement's revivalistic heritage as well as the very real fact that evangelicals have traditionally placed a major emphasis on the utilization of print, broadcast—and, now, satellites, computer-technology, and social-networking—to reach others with the Gospel. Beginning in the late 18th-century evangelicals successfully harnessed the printing press to flood America with inexpensive tracts, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, books and bibles. The arrival of electronic-based media in the late 19th and early 20th centuries proved more problematic, however, as phonographs, motion pictures, and radio cut perilously close to the heart of traditional evangelical reservations about worldly entertainments. As time passed, most evangelicals were eventually satisfied that these devices could be used to teach their own and evangelize non-believers; a plethora of evangelical films, records, and radio programs ensued. But, the public dimension of radio brought with it a set of unique problems. Because of the dynamics of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy, protestant liberals' control of denominational hierarchies and the Federal Council of Churches made them the primary recipient of free "public service" time from major urban stations and the national radio networks. Largely excluded from free airtime, fundamentalist broadcasters like Chicago's Paul Rader and Los Angeles's Charles E. Fuller were forced to develop alternative strategies that relied on their listeners to provide the funds that would enable them to purchase airtime and create independent "networks" for distribution of their programs. This strategy proved extremely successful and was applied directly to the television media. With the gradual reduction of radio and television stations' "public service" airtime that began in the late 1950s, evangelicals increasingly dominated the nation's religious programming. By the 1970s most liberal protestants—unable or unwilling to compete with evangelicals in a "free market" media environment—had abandoned radio and television to conservative Protestant broadcasters (many represented by the evangelical National Religious Broadcasters). This set the stage for the success, publicity, controversy, and scandal that surrounded the "Electronic Church" from the mid-1970s on. By the beginning of the 21st-century the importance of evangelical broadcast media had begun to diminish, largely due to technological changes and evolving economic realities. However, as technology and infrastructures change there has been no shortage of enthusiasm for attempts to broaden the evangelical presence in video and film production, on the internet, and in social media. It is safe to say that evangelicals will continue to embrace any new forms of communication and media that they feel might help them fulfill the Great Commission. Evangelicals and the End Times > ©Larry Eskridge, 1996. Revised 2001, 2005, 2011, 2012


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You've heard of the bull run in Pamplona, Spain but did you know New Orleans has its own Running of the Bulls? It does: San Fermin en Nueva Orleans coincides every year with Pamplona's event, and this year that's July 10th through the 13th, 2014.
Okay, okay. So maybe New Orleans Running of the Bulls is not quite the same as the crazy, dangerous event in Spain where people actually run down an enclosed street ahead of a herd of stampeding bulls – yikes!
New Orleans' more sensible (we think) annual reenactment of the Encierro replaces the bulls with members of the New Orleans-based, all-female, flat-track derby team, the Big Easy Rollergirls, and the "danger" involved isn't trampling or being gored by horns but rather, a whack on the fanny with a foam-core whiffle bat.
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Etihad Airways is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, flying to over 100 destinations.
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Etihad's A380 and B787 new cabins are now available on selected destinations.
- The Residence is the only three-room suite in the sky and includes a living room, separate bedroom and ensuite bathroom
- The First Apartment features a wide leather armchair and an ottoman that transitions into an 81-inch long bed
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- Over 750 hours of the latest movies, shows, music and interactive games on some of the largest personal screens in the sky, through noise-cancelling headsets
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- Guaranteed fully-flat beds with unrestricted aisle access on all long-haul flights
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- The Inflight Chef will create an individual fine dining experience at 40,000 feet. Choose from our a la Carte menu including our Signature Grill
- Stylish loungewear, all-natural mattresses, duvets, cotton sheets and pillows
- 23-inch personal screen, hand-stitched leather Poltrona Frau upholstery, wardrobe, mini-bar
- Some of the finest First Class lounges - including à la carte dining, chef's table, Champagne Bar and pre-flight treatments in the Six Senses Spa*
- Complimentary Etihad Chauffeur service at over 40 destinations*
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Etihad has created the UAE's first Arrivals Lounge exclusively for our First and Business Class guests. After landing, enjoy an energising shower, have your clothes pressed or freshen up with our new wet shave service. Snack on our international buffet and catch up with a connected Business Centre.
Lounge access is available at all Etihad destinations and dedicated Etihad lounges are available in Abu Dhabi, London, Manchester, Paris, Frankfurt, Dublin, Manchester, Sydney and Washington DC. Etihad Business Class Lounges include all-day dining from an extensive international buffet, Six Senses Spa (London Heathrow & Abu Dhabi only) and business facilities with complimentary wireless internet. Etihad First Class Lounge (in Abu Dhabi only) includes Chef's Table, Cigar Lounge, five-star dining and complimentary treatments in the Six Senses Spa.
Etihad has two key loyalty programmes that are essential to business travel. Etihad Guest is the loyalty programme aimed to reward all Etihad travellers and BusinessConnect is the loyalty programme designed for companies.
Etihad Guest is the award winning loyalty programme for frequent flyers. Benefits include the option to redeem miles on flights with no blackout periods or at the Reward Shop. Etihad Guest Silver and Gold members also enjoy additional benefits such as lounge access, even when travelling in Coral Economy. Etihad BusinessConnect, the loyalty programme for companies, is tailor made for businesses with between 2 and 50 business travellers. The scheme links the traveller's Etihad Guest accounts to their company scheme. So while the business traveller racks up miles, they're also amassing them for their company, earning them even more free flights.


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Tax Facts Index
Vol. 12, No.
April 2001
If your company operates five or more branches or
businesses within the borders of East Baton Rouge Parish, you may be eligible for
consolidated filing, whereby only one sales tax return will be filed for all locations. In
order to be considered for consolidated filing, the following conditions must be met:
Those companies/persons interested in consolidated filing should send a written request
addressed to the attention of Ronnie Pierce of the City-Parish Finance Department/Revenue
Division. If approved for consolidation, you or your company will be contacted to obtain
necessary banking information and to notify you of a start date.
Manufacturers' Coupons
When a customer presents a manufacturers coupon to
a retail dealer, which is redeemable by the retail dealer for the amounts stated on the
coupon, the sales tax should be charged on the "sales price" before the
deduction of the coupon discount. In this case, the total "sales price" is not
reduced by the acceptance of the coupon. The dealer receives a portion of the "sales
price" by payment from the retail customer and the remaining portion of the
"sales price" from the manufacturer through the sellers redemption of the
The sales tax treatment of manufacturers coupons is different from the sales tax
treatment of coupons that are issued by retail dealers. When a retailer redeems a coupon
that the retailer has issued, the retailer has lowered the "sales price" of the
property or services. In such cases, the sales tax is calculated on the reduced amount
after the allowance of the coupon discount.
Lottery Sales Not Subject to Tax
Sales of Louisiana State Lottery Tickets
are not subject to the local sales tax. Receipts from the sales of lottery tickets
should not be included in the gross receipts reported or in the deductions from the sales
taken on sales tax returns. Proceeds from lottery sales should be segregated by the
retailer from other sales proceeds and remitted directly to the Louisiana Lottery
Medicare and Medicaid
Historically, sales of medical devices and equipment to
individuals qualifying for Medicare have been considered retail sales subject to 3% local
sales tax. These sales are not considered sales to the Federal Government. The Medicare
Program acts as an insurance company, making payments for medical devices or equipment to
the individuals as a reimbursement or directly to the vendor on the individuals
behalf. This applies to all medical expenses covered by Medicare, not just medical
services and equipment. These medical expenses are exempt from the Sewer Improvement tax,
the Street Improvement Tax, and the Educational Facilities Improvement District tax.
Currently, with the passage of Louisiana Revised Statute 47:315.3, effective July 5,
2000, any person who has paid local sales and use taxes on the sale, lease or rental of
tangible personal property, when such sale, lease or rental is paid by or under the
provision of Medicare, shall be entitled to a refund of the local sales tax paid on such
property. The request for refund must include the amount of taxes paid and proof of
payment by or under the provisions of Medicare.
Medical devices, equipment, and drugs purchased by individuals qualified by the
Medicaid Program are exempt from all local sales taxes. These transactions are considered
sales to the State of Louisiana and are exempt from local sales tax.
Pipe Coating, Bending, Galvanizing,
Threading, and Wrapping
Charges made for coating, wrapping, threading, and
galvanizing of pipe and other property which have not been previously treated by such
methods are considered to be fabrications. Fabrications are considered taxable sales and
the vendor is required to collect sales tax on the selling price of the coating, wrapping,
threading, and galvanizing transactions based on where the purchaser takes possession of
the property. In addition, drilling holes in pipe is also considered a fabrication of
tangible personal property.
The re-coating, re-wrapping, re-threading or re-galvanizing of property that has
previously been coated, wrapped, threaded or galvanized is considered to be a taxable
repair service. Sales tax is due on the full amount charged for this service, including
materials and labor. Taxes are due in the jurisdiction where the repair transaction is
Pipe bending is not considered a taxable
Sales Tax Due Dates
Following are the sales tax due dates for the first quarter of 2001:
Remember to mail your return
early! Returns bearing a U.S. postmark on or after the above delinquent
dates will be assessed penalty, interest, and loss of vendor's compensation.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Tornados men's tennis team continued their run of academic excellence this past season, accumulating a 3.454 team GPA for the 2008-2009 academic year and was one of 21 NCAA Division II teams listed nationally by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Several men's tennis players were listed as ITA Scholar-Athletes. Shane Apps, Jarred Fisher, Jonathan Lavelle, Konstantin Savelyev and Travis Wireback all achieved the minimum 3.5 GPA for two consecutive semesters.
The Brevard College men's tennis team went 15-4 in their inaugural season as members of both NCAA Division II and the South Atlantic Conference.
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Utah teams set
for competition
Teams from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University will be among 42 teams vying for more than $1 million in prizes at Rice University's annual business plan competition. Teams will have 15 minutes to present their business plans to the judges, who will rank the presentations based on which company they would most likely invest in.
Hyundai signs
as 5K sponsor
Hyundai Hope on Wheels, the non-profit organization of Hyundai Motor America committed to finding a cure for childhood cancer, has signed on as the title sponsor of the Salt Lake City 5K. The foot race will be held April 20 as part of the 10th Annual Salt Lake Marathon's weekend of activities.
Fat Bob's Garage
plans open house
Fat Bob's Garage, an off-road specialty auto parts dealer, will hold an open house Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at its new location at 650 N. Main in Layton. The Layton store will serve as the company's headquarters. The store will be Fat Bob's largest location for the installation of lift-kits, shocks and other off-road gear.
Court protects SEC
in Madoff scandal
A 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York says investors in Bernard Madoff's epic fraud cannot hold the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for failing to expose his Ponzi scheme. The court said the SEC's "regrettable inaction" is shielded by rules protecting government employees from lawsuits when they carry out a discretionary function or duty.
Research firm:
PC sales plunge
Global shipments of PCs fell 14 percent in the first three months this year, the sharpest plunge since research firm IDC started tracking the industry in 1994. The firm said the appeal of tablets and smartphones is pulling money away from PCs, but it also blames Microsoft's latest version of Windows, which has a new look and forces users to learn new ways to control their machines.
Big bank received
Fed minutes early
Employees at JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Group, Wells Fargo and Citigroup were among those who received market-sensitive information from the Federal Reserve a day early. The Fed said minutes from the March 19-20 policy meeting were inadvertently emailed early to more than 100 congressional staffers, trade group officials and employees of the nation's largest banks.
U.S. sells $621M
of GM shares
The U.S. government has sold another piece of its stake in General Motors. The Treasury Department in a report to Congress said it sold $621 million worth of GM common stock last month. The report said the government has recovered about $30.4 billion of the $49.5 billion bailout it gave the automaker.


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Jay-Z releases album commercial during NBA finals
Listen to Jay-Z on iHeartRadio
Jay-Z is taking fans on a journey through the struggles of his career. During the NBA finals on Sunday, the rapper and Samsung unveiled a commercial teasing Jay's upcoming 12th album Magna Carta Holy Grail.
The commercial also shows Jay-Z sketching out lyrics alongside Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin. The ad guides fans to the website MagnaCartaHolyGrail.com.
Starting June 24th, fans will be able to download the album's mobile app on their smartphones. The first 1 million Samsung Galaxy users to download the app will get a free copy of Jay's album 72-hours ahead of its July 4th release.
Jay-Z released his last album The Blueprint 3 back in 2009.


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A few weeks ago we had Dr. Harvey Levy, a Maryland dentist, stay with us here at The Annapolis Inn. He was completely hysterical! He's a great dentist, an entertainer, a great boss and everything in between. Check out this fantastic magazine article featuring Dr. Levy to learn a little about his stardom in the world of dentistry. Thanks for staying with us, Dr. Levy!
Hope you enjoyed his story as much as we did!
Until next time,
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We'd like to thank the following generous donors who contributed to the Youth Services summer reading program. Without their support we could not have the program that the children of Highland Park enjoyed this year. Please let them know how much their support is appreciated when you patronize their businesses.
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
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Arriva Dolce
BBQ Pit
Bergie's Sports Card Dugout
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Campus Colors
Chelsea's Beads
Chicago Bears
Confection Connection
The Cooling Station
Country Kitchen
Dairy Queen
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Foss Swim School
Fuddruckers Restaurant
Goodies Etc.
Heal n Cure
Higher Gear
Highland Park Bank & Trust
Highland Park Theatre
H.P. Tops
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Il-Forno Pizza & Pasta
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Once Upon a Bagel
Paper Source
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Rainforest Café
Real Urban Barbeque
Stash's Restaurant and Grill & Guido's Pastaria
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Krystkowiak adds personal touch to kids' books
Published April 29, 2009
Research shows that children read longer and retain more when stories are personalized to include them in the story line. Jan Krystkowiak, the wife of former Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak, is trying to capitalize on that by publishing a series of personalized kid's books through her company, Where In The World Books. "Reading is so important for kids," she said. "It's really the key to everything."


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Testicular biopsyBiopsy - testicle
Testicular biopsy is surgery to remove a piece of tissue from the testicles for examination under a microscope.
How the Test is Performed
The biopsy can be done in many ways. What type of biopsy you have depends on the reason for the test.Your health care provider will talk to you about your options.
Open biopsy may be done in the health care provider's office, a surgical center, or at a hospital. The skin over the testicle is cleaned with a germ-killing (antiseptic) medicine. The area around it is covered with a sterile towel. A local anesthetic is given to numb the area.
A small surgical cut is made through the skin, and a small piece of the testicle tissue is removed. A stitch is used to close the opening in the testicle. Another stitch closes the cut in the skin. If necessary, the procedure is repeated for the other testicle.
Needle biopsy is usually done in the health care provider's office. The area is cleaned and local anesthesia is used, just as in the open biopsy. A sample of the testicle is taken using a special needle that does not require a cut in the skin.
Depending on the reason for the test, a needle biopsy may not be possible or recommended.
How to Prepare for the Test
As a general rule, you should not take aspirin or medications that contain aspirin for 1 week before the procedure. Ask your doctor before stopping any medications.
How the Test Will Feel
There will be a sting when the anesthetic is given.You should only feel pressure or discomfort similar to a pin prick during the biopsy.
Why the Test is Performed
The test is usually done to find the cause of male infertility when a semen analysis suggests that there is abnormal sperm and other tests have not found the cause. In some cases, sperm obtained from a testicular biopsy can be used to fertilize a woman's egg in the lab, a process called in vitro fertilization.
Testicle biopsy may also be done if you have found a lump during testicular self-examination. If tests such as testicular ultrasound suggest that the lump may be in the testicle, your health care provider may recommend exploring the testicle through a surgical cut made in the groin.
A biopsy to determine whether the lump is cancerous or noncancerous (benign) may be done. If it is cancerous or cancer is suspected, the entire testicle is removed.
Normal Results
Sperm development appears normal.
What Abnormal Results Mean
Abnormal results may mean a problem with sperm or hormone function. Biopsy may be able to find the cause of the problem.
If the sperm development appears normal in the testicle, but semen analysis shows no sperm or reduced sperm, there may be a blockage of the tube through which the sperm travel from the testes to the urethra. This blockage can sometimes be repaired with surgery.
Other causes of abnormal results:
- A cyst-like lump filled with fluid and dead sperm cells (spermatocele)
- Orchitis
- Testicular cancer
Your health care provider should explain and discuss all abnormal results with you.
There is a slight risk of bleeding or infection. The area may be sore for 2 - 3 days after the biopsy. The scrotum may swell or become discolored. This should clear up within a few days of the procedure.
Your health care provider may suggest that you wear an athletic supporter for several days after the biopsy. You will probably be asked to avoid sexual activity for 1 - 2 weeks.
Keep the area dry for several days after the procedure.
Continue to avoid using aspirin or medications that contain aspirin for 1 week after the procedure.
Sabanegh E, Agarwal A. Male infertility. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 31.
Stephenson AJ. Gilligan TD. Neoplasms of the testis. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 31.
Barthold JS. Abnormalities of the testes and scrotum andtheir surgical management. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 10th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 132.
Elder JS. Disorders and anomalies of the scrotal contents.In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 539.
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Review Date: 10/9/2012
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director and Director of Didactic Curriculum, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Chief of Urology, Cambridge Health Alliance, Visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Frank Conroy
About the Author
Frank Conroy was born in 1936 and graduated from Haverford College in 1958. He is currently teaching at the University of Iowa, where he is director of the prestigious Writeer's Workshop. Conroy has written an autobiography Stop-Time, published in 1967, and his collection of stories, Midair, was published in 1985. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Harper's Magazine, and Partisan Review. He divides his time between Iowa City and Nantucket.


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No suitcases or other debris have been found on the beach or floating in the sea.
Right then we switched to rock portage and charged back down the beach to get the IBS into the water.
The sea had receded and scudded harmlessly onto the beach, the water sparkling in the sunlight.
The profile picture shows the seller, shirtless, on the beach, wearing black sunglasses.
If not, well, just let him live on the beach in Ecuador and fade from public memory.
There was a splashing and calling all night, and fires shining on the beach.
There they found a rowboat, drawn up on the beach a little beyond them.
Some went down towards the beach and shot with arrows at the Frenchmen.
There is not a foot of the rocky shore smooth enough to beach him on.
You haven't been to a dance yet; you never go to the beach, you never motor or sail or golf.
1530s, "loose, water-worn pebbles of the seashore," probably from Old English bæce, bece "stream," from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Extended to loose, pebbly shores (1590s), and in dialect around Sussex and Kent beach still has the meaning "pebbles worn by the waves." French grève shows the same evolution. Beach ball first recorded 1940; beach bum first recorded 1950.
"to haul or run up on a beach," 1840, from beach (n.). Related: Beached; beaching.
The area of accumulated sand, stone, or gravel deposited along a shore by the action of waves and tides. Beaches usually slope gently toward the body of water they border and have a concave shape. They extend landward from the low water line to the point where there is a distinct change in material (as in a line of vegetation) or in land features (as in a cliff).


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PHOTOS: Surprise heavy snowfall
(Cleveland)--A surprise heavy snowfall has made road conditions in the snow belt very tough, closed schools, and has cut power to tens of thousands.
The early morning snowfall has closed schools in a handful of snow belt school districts, including South Euclid-Lyndhurst, West Geauga and Kenston.
Mark Durbin of FirstEnergy says heavy snow has cut power to about 47,000 customers. The heavy snow has brought down tree limbs, and that brings down power lines.
(Heavy snow in Auburn Township. Photo courtesy Debbie Davis)
Amanda McFarland of ODOT tells WTAM 1100 that their crews could not pre-treat roads overnight because the rain would have washed away any salt and diluted brine. She says motorists need to remember to drive slower and more cautiously when roads are snow covered.
(End of gardening season in Lakewood. Photo by Darren Toms/WTAM 1100.)
(Snowy morning in Orange. Photo by Sharon Moses/WTAM 1100.)
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Ancestry.co.uk have just announced the release of another one million Poor Law Records scanned from the London Metropolitan Archives. So if you didn't find your ancestors the first time you searched this collection then it's worth while doing another search.
Here is their press release…………
In March this year, we released our first set of Poor Law Records. Now, only a few months later, we're delighted to announce the release of one million more of these fascinating records.
Since Elizabethan time, the poorest in UK society had recourse to some form of relief by virtue of the Poor Law. Poor law relief generally applied to the poorest and most vulnerable individuals such as the elderly, orphaned, unemployed, or the sick and afflicted. These individuals were eligible to receive help such as monetary relief and other daily necessities like food, clothing, and work – usually administered via the dreaded workhouses. Children could be appointed to apprenticeships or placed in schools and other institutions. The records also include registers of creed, school, apprentices, servants, children and inmates among others.
A significant development occurred in 1834 when the Poor Law Amendment Act went further and created boards of guardians responsible for the care of the poor in their respective Poor Law Unions – administrative areas usually consisting of a group of individual parishes.
It is the paper trail created by these boards that now comprises this intriguing collection, and we're happy to say that more than one million additional records covering the period from 1834-1940 have now been added to the site.


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I don't want to piss on anyone's chips (although I will), but these style of pics are essentially just 'paint by numbers'.
I don't want to piss on anyone's chips (although I will), but these style of pics are essentially just 'paint by numbers'.
"My God is a squirrel called Norman,hes got arms like Popeye"
Bullbreed rescue and rehoming.PM for more info.
Also not trying to sound harsh but I am with Blue on this to some extent - seen loads of these style pop up and must admit I don't know the technique it does seem quite popular, thats not to say it doesnt look good because that is a wicked picture and fair play to the OP for doing it regardless of ease or not, hopefully it will springboard him to bigger and better things, hopefully make him some money as well, wish you all the best OP.
P.S I would love to buy that lol...has anyone mentioned I had a big win on the scratchcards yesterday? hmmm maybe found something to consider spending my profits on.... though may need to crack the piggy bank as well.
Sig awaiting witty quote from someone.
Great work man.
Sorry for taking a while to reply! I'm looking into getting prints made up so if anyone is interested just drop me a pm.
With regards to the painting by numbers comments, essentially yeah you're correct...... However standing drawing the original outline for nearly two days ain't easy!
could someone explain what the technique is? I don't know and I'm genuinely interested
For Each A Road, For Everyman A Religion, F**k everything and rumble!
If anybody's interested I made a presentation video for the painting which you can view here;
You'll also be able to see how I painted it in the video
Any shares are much appreciated!
i'd love to see the two plonkers who call 'paint by numbers's work...


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'"I spent quite a bit of time with him over the summer and got to know him quite a bit. I think coaches trust their instincts. My instincts were good on him right away. I felt good about him. I felt he was a good team guy. I felt he was a genuine guy. He was anxious to come to Philadelphia, and we were anxious to get him there. It was a good fit."'
Emery meshing well with Flyers
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…you're signing all your autographs with personalized Sharpie markers!
Waiting on my desk when I got back from Fashion Week were two awesome surprises – the first, a box filled with samples of all of the personalized Sharpie markers we made for the designers, and second, lots of Tweets from the designers themselves thanking Sharpie for giving their shows "signature" style ; )
Here's who showed their Sharpie Style at Fashion Week:
Tracy Reese, Tory Burch, Charlotte Ronson, Donna Karan, DKNY, Marc Jacobs, Vena Cava, Betsey Johnson (of course – smooch!), Milly, Jill Stuart, Rebecca Taylor, L'Wren Scott, Proenza Schouler, Narciso Rodriguez, Alexander Wang, Probal Gurung, Erin Wasson, Adam Lippes and more! (If you didn't see your favorite Fashion Week designer here, Sharpie markers are in the works).
And here's a little trivia: 9 of the designers chose pink personalized Sharpie markers, same number chose black, one chose red and one chose blue. See if you can spot 'em:
Read Vena Cava's blog post.
Refinery 29 included Charlotte Ronson Sharpie markers in its Twitter Troll.
So here's your chance to be famous just like the big-name designers. Order your own personalized Sharpie markers - design them your way, make your mark wherever you go just like the Fashion Week superstars!
For more Fashion Week action, including lots of inspiring Sharpie DIY fashion ideas, check out sharpieuncapped.com. Uncap What's Inside today and show the world your Signature Sharpie Style!
Don't be a stranger – hang around the Sharpie blog this week for more Fashion Week recaps. I could go on … and on … and on … so much Sharpie fun!


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Rabbit Fur Accessories
Faille bustier, $950, skirt, price upon request, both, Vera Wang, at Stanley Korshak, Dallas. Leather gloves, Ralph Lauren Collection, $495.
Avery Fisher Hall Stage
Strapless bubble dress, Donna Karan New York, price upon request, at Neiman Marcus. Pear- and marquise-cut diamond necklace, 42.11-carat diamond bracelet, white gold sphere bracelet with diamonds, all, De Beers, prices upon request.
Avery Fisher Hall Stage
Special thanks to Markus Rhoten and Wolfgang Hardtke
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A normal intervertbral disk is compared to a herniated disk.
A small incision is made over the spine.
After identifying and moving the nerve root, the surgeon identifies the injured disk tissue.
The surgeon removes the injured disk tissue and fragments.
The back muscles are moved back into their normal position, and the wound is closed with stitches or staples.


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Dear All
i have a N150 netgear router and i am trying to break the wep code on it.
i have logged into it to apply the following settings:
enc:wep 64bit
i have tried the usual packet injection method using aireplay to break into my bt business hub with no issue however when i do the same for the netgear the number of data packets captured does not go above 255!
i do not know why this is!
any ideas
further info:
thankfully i have access to more that one route (work as an IT tech)
i am using:
aireplay-ng -w wep -c 7 --bssid (bssid) wlan0
this authenicates and says both the authenication and the association was sucessful
i then use:
aireplay-ng -3 -b bssid wlan0
to inject packets
it gets an arp request and injects away happily
however the amount of data packets captured by airodump does not budge!
i occasionally get
"notice: got a deauth/disassoc packet. is the source mac associated"
dont know if that is any help
found the answer:
i_am_injecting_but_the_ivs_don_t_increase [Aircrack-ng]
it was an authenication issue
hope this helps someone


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The subject of intentional breeding or meat rabbits is prohibited. The answers provided on this board are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. It is your responsibility to assess the information being given and seek professional advice/second opinion from your veterinarian and/or qualified behaviorist.
LEADERS: Azerane Bam BinkyBunny JerseyGirl LBJ10 LittlePuffyTail LongEaredLions RabbitPam
Good point monkeybun! When you introduce something new and fluffy make sure you monitor it for the first couple days! Lola's entire top 2 levels are carpet lined because she doesn't chew but today I bought a new carpeting panel from the House Rabbit Society here and she is digging and biting at it like CRAZY (i think it's because it might smell like the buns at the store...). So just be careful - a tummy full of carpet fiber and bed filling is no bueno!
LOL three of mine just stretch out or flop anywhere they feel like it. But Baby our mini lop likes my boots to sleep in, not sure y. LOL I am suprised that the smell didnt bug her LMAO


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Sabrina Zunich admits to gruesome killing
(Painesville) - Gripping testimony in the Lake County murder trial of Kevin Knoefel, who's charged with orchestrating his wife's murder.
Taking the stand was 19 year old Sabrina Zunich, the prosecution's star witness.
Kevin Knoefel's foster daughter testified that she stabbed wife Lisa Knoefel dozens of times in her Willoughby Hills home in November 2012, because Kevin instructed her to do it.
Zunich claimed she was in love with Kevin and that they had an ongoing sexual relationship. She told the court that Kevin had threatened to kill himself, if she did not kill Lisa.
Zunich admitted to plotting to kill Lisa twice before, by hiring a hitman and by shooting her with a gun.
Zunich said she had planned to make the stabbing look like a burglary gone bad, and was to text Kevin when the deed was done.
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Zunich explained that she went into Lisa's darkened bedroom with a knife while her victim was half asleep, with her first blow striking Lisa in the face. She admitted the repeated stabbings continued even after Lisa was dead.
Investigators maintain Lisa was stabbed 170 times.
Zunich said she didn't like Lisa because her foster mother always made her feel like an outcast, and it brought back memories of being abandoned by her birth mother.
Zunich said she had a history of being treated for depression and for being bi-polar.
The defense characterized Zunich as a manipulative liar, who acted alone, and agreed to testify against Kevin to avoid the death penalty.
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Afrojack shares 'Forget The World' album details
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Afrojack recently announced his new album Forget The World, and now he's sharing the details that will give fans a deeper look into what he's been working on.
The album includes songs like "The Spark," "Ten Feet Tall," and "As Your Friend" (featuring Chris Brown), which Afrojack has already shared with fans, as well as his Keane remix and most recent Thirty Seconds to Mars remix of "Do Or Die." The deluxe version track list consists of 16 songs, and features collabs with Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Sting, Matthew Koma, and more.
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This has been quite the year for Tommy Hanson, the Redlands East Valley High School graduate who was traded to the Angels by the Atlanta Braves on Friday.
The 26-year-old began the season by recovering from off-season rotator cuff tendonitis. During spring training with the Braves, he suffered a concussion in an auto accident. He was the starting pitcher on Opening Day for the Braves and, during the season, went on the disabled list with a lower back strain.
Now, he's back in Southern California with a track record that made the Angels willing to swap him for former closer Jordan Walden. Depending on Anaheim's dealings with free agent Zack Greinke, Hanson could be the No. 3 or 4 starter in the Angels rotation.
"It's a good risk on a pitcher we really believe in," Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said of the trade. "He won 13 games (in 2012). I don't think it would be fair to qualify it as a disappointing season.
"His velocity remained consistent from month to month. Our scouting reports remained consistent with what we've always thought of Tommy. He's done it for four years at the big league level, and we think he'll continue to do it."
Hanson finished 13-10 last season, setting a career high in wins. However, his ERA climbed for the third straight season to a career-worst 4.48.
In his tenure with the Braves, Hanson was 45-32.
Hanson missed the last two months of the 2011 season with the right shoulder injury. Dr. James Andrews found a small tear in Hanson's rotator cuff. Hanson said Andrews offered him reassurance by saying, "three of four pitchers had what I had."
Hanson told The Associated Press on Friday the injury affected his offseason work before the 2012 season but said he has changed his workout plan this fall.
"I think toward the end, I didn't feel I was as strong as I need to be," Hanson said of this season. "I think as the years have gone along I've learned how to have a better understanding of how to stay healthy and be strong. I think it was a little bit of a learning experience last year and I'm looking to improve."
Before the All-Star break, Hanson was 10-5 with a 3.71 ERA, but 3-5 with a 5.69 ERA in the second half. He was on the disabled lists from July 31 to Aug. 17 with a lower back strain.
Hanson, who moved to Southern California from his native Tulsa, Okla., at age 2 said he was "extremely excited" to be joining the team he cheered for growing up.
"Where I grew up, there's a ton of Angels fans," Hanson said. "I grew up going to Angels games. ... Immediately I was shocked and now I'm just excited. I wish spring training was tomorrow."
Hanson was expected to earn about $4million in his first year of arbitration. By trading Hanson, it created greater payroll flexibility for the Braves to pursue another free agent.
Hanson will be the second REV graduate to play with the Angels in recent years. The team traded Tyler Chatwood in 2011 to the Colorado Rockies.


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(Parma) - Police are continuing to investigate what was earlier reported to be a "pipe bomb" located in the area of State Road and Freehold Avenue.
Earlier today, Parma Police officers responded to a report of a suspicious device resembling a pipe bomb hanging from a tree at the northwest corner of State Road and Freehold Road.
Officers located the device, which closely resembled a pipe bomb and called for bomb technicians to respond to the scene.
The area of State Road and Freehold Road was temporarily closed off while bomb technicians attempted to destroy the device.
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Sgt. Kevin Riley says bomb technicians were not able to destroy the device at the scene and had to remove it to a different location for further investigation.
Riley tells Newsradio WTAM 1100, bomb technicians were able to x-ray the device and determine that it did not contain any explosive material.
Riley reports, the device contained items consistent with what is believed to be part of an outdoor treasure hunting game called Geocaching.
He says this is now an ongoing investigation with the potential of criminal charges against the person or persons who placed the device at this location.
Anyone with information relative to the identity of any person or persons who placed the device is asked to call the Parma Police Department Crime Tip-Line at 440-887-7340.
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Users of the Strait of Belle Isle ferry will have a new amenity when they arrive at or prepare to depart from Corner Brook when the service resumes this coming Wednesday.
The Corner Brook Port Corporation and CAI Nunatsiavut Marine Inc., the new operators of the winter ferry service between western Newfoundland and southern Labrador, have formed a partnership to offer an indoor waiting area for passengers.
The area will be in the heated foyer of the R.A. Pollett Building, the edifice which houses the port corporation's offices. The building's parking lot will also serve as a staging area for vehicle traffic.
There will also be a courtesy shuttle to bring walk-on passengers to and from the docked vessel.
In the past two seasons, there was no indoor facility to accommodate waiting passengers.
"The feedback from previous operations was that people were having a hard time finding facilities, so we've come to a good, positive solution for this year and now we can provide washroom facilities and a heated waiting room in a beautiful location," said David Chaulk, president and chief executive officer for CAI Nunatsiavut Marine Inc.
Jackie Chow, the port corporation's chief executive officer, said the lack of a designated area for waiting cars and passengers in Corner Brook was the top issue that needed to be addressed, based on the past two years of the winter ferry service.
"This really presented a problem for people who were being dropped off," said Chow. "The hope was people could go right on board, but the few times the ferry was running late, people had to wait."
The designated area will reduce any confusion about where people have to go prior to boarding the ferry, said Chow. It will also do the same for taxi cabs and other vehicles looking to pick up arriving walk-on passengers.
"Now we won't have people out on Riverside Drive wondering where people are going to be," she said. "Everyone will know the courtesy shuttle will bring people to this building. It will also give people somewhere to wait so they don't have to wait in their cars."
Signage will be erected in the building's lot to indicate where vehicle traffic can park while waiting to board.
The Straits ferry run was made a permanent service recently after being operated as a pilot project for the last two winters. Prior to that, the service was shut down altogether because of ice conditions in the Strait of Belle Isle.
Chow added this expansion of the service will give the ferry operators and the port corporation a better chance to interact with ferry users to find out what they want from the service.
The MV Sir Robert Bond will commence the winter service, which will be comprised of two round trips per week, with its first crossing from Blanc Sablon to Corner Brook on Wednesday. The first departure from Corner Brook is scheduled for Friday.
Chaulk said the operator wants to do everything it can to ensure its customers have a great experience using the ferry.
"We're looking forward to the upcoming season and we'll be addressing the needs as they arise," said Chaulk.
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Cop Revives Unconscious Baby In Washington Heights
(Jen Chung) A one year-old child is alive, thanks to the efforts of Police Officer Thomas Dunn, whose quick thinking saved the baby on Sunday.
According to the NYPD, Dunn responded to a call about an unconscious baby at Rainbow Clothing Store on West 181 Street at 1:50 p.m. A firefighter was holding the limp baby in his arms, and Dunn, who has also been an EMT for 10 years, took him and started to look for vital signs.
Dunn was unable to find his heartbeat or breathing, so he pinched the baby's thigh. The baby didn't respond, so the cop put him on the trunk of his patrol car and gave him two chest compressions and then two rescue breaths. The NYPD says, "Immediately the child gasped for air and began to breathe again just as EMS pulled up to the front of the store."
The baby, who had been with his sitter, was taken to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in stable condition. The police say he was released to his mother and is doing well.
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New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has a torn left ACL and is out for the remainder of the 2012 season. USA Today's Mike Garafolo spoke to head coach Rex Ryan and he made it official. Ryan believes it's a complete tear and Revis will wait anywhere from two to three weeks to undergo surgery, as is the customary practice given this type of injury. Revis will be placed on injured reserve sometime in the very near future.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
An Agent Responds to Paperback Writer by The Beatles
By: Jon Gibbs
Even though it wasn't real, the most famous 'query letter' of all time has to be the one immortalized by the Beatles within the lyrics of their 1966 classic, Paperback Writer. But what if Paul McCartney (who wrote the song) really had been an unknown wannabe, trying to get an agent or editor to read his book? What kind of response would he have got if he'd sent a query letter like the one he sang about?
We'll never know for sure, but here's how I think Agnes Hardacre, former senior agent at The Write Good Read Literary Agency (who some of you may recall sent me feedback on my query letter for Dracula vs. the Daleks a couple of years ago), would have responded:
Dear Mr. McCartney,
With reference to your recent correspondence seeking representation for yourself and your novel, I regret to inform you that The Write Good Read Literary Agency will not be inviting you to join our client roster.
As someone who harbors ambitions of one day becoming a published author myself, I fully understand your desire to become a 'paperback writer.'
I share the frustration we authors feel when our work is rejected with little or no explanation as to why it's deemed unworthy. With that in mind – and please understand this is in no way a request for you to re-submit your work – I'd like to offer some observations about your letter of enquiry, along with some helpful advice which, if heeded, I believe will greatly increase your chances of getting past that all-important first stage of the representation process when you submit your work elsewhere.
You start your letter of enquiry with 'Dear, sir or madam, will you read my book?'
To use the modern vernacular, I'm afraid you 'Shot yourself in the foot', not once, but twice, within your very first sentence. In this modern technological age, a quick call to Directory Enquiries would have gotten you this agency's telephone number. Had you then telephoned our main office, a member of our secretarial staff would have gladly furnished you with the name of the person to whom you should address your letter of enquiry (in this case, myself).
A little extra effort would have gone a long way, believe me.
As for 'will you read my book?' of course you want us to read your work. Why else would you have sent it to us? To ask even once in a letter of enquiry is redundant, to ask twice, as you did, smacks of desperation.
Moving on. A good book is a good book. Readers (and agents) don't care how long you or any other author worked on a novel (even if it did, as you claim, take you years). In a similar vein, nor do we need to know about your current need for employment. It makes you sound desperate.
You say your plotline is based on a book by another author – a Mr. Lear as I recall. You should be aware of the potential for a lawsuit if you've used characters created by another writer without his or her express permission.
Your covering letter tells me next to nothing about the novel you'd like us to represent, not even (and this is an enormous faux pas) its title .
All I could glean from it was that you've written a somewhat smutty story about an ill-groomed, unkempt man whose wife won't give him space and doesn't appreciate him (or his ambitions, I couldn't tell which). This unnamed man has a son (also unnamed) who works at a newspaper, but (like you) harbors an ambition to write paperbacks.
It's too vague. Give me a reason to care. Give me a reason to ask for more.
When I read your offer to write extra chapters and/or rearrange the plot if we like your writing style, it became obvious that your book is still a WiP (a modern acronym which stands for 'Work in Progress). We want people to send us finished work. Besides, at a thousand pages, your manuscript is already too long. I believe you should consider splitting it into two, or even three, novels.
It's also a mistake to tender the rights to your work without pre-conditions. A less ethical agency might have taken you up on your offer.
I sincerely doubt that your (or any other unknown author's) book would generate a million pounds for our agency overnight. It does you no good to claim otherwise. In fact, it makes you look unprofessional, which is never a good thing in the literary world.
You state that if we must return your manuscript (or as we like to call it these days 'ms'), we can send it back to you, but since you neglected to include the necessary three shillings and sixpence in postage stamps, I'm afraid that's not possible.
On a final note, I detect a lyrical symmetry in the way you wrote your letter which makes me wonder if your efforts might find better reward in the field of poetry, or even songwriting. Perhaps you could set your letter of enquiry to music, though I'm not sure a song about wanting to write paperback books is exactly the sort of thing young people would listen to. These days, everything on the hit parade seems to be a variation on the theme of love.
I sincerely hope you find my comments and observations helpful. Wishing you the very best in your future endeavors.
Yours faithfully,
Agnes S. Hardacre (Junior acquisitions editor)
For The Write Good Read Literary Agency
I think that just about covers it.
www.acatofninetales.com) now lives in New Jersey, where he's a member of SCBWI, The Liberty States Fiction Writers and Garden State Horror Writers. He's the founder of The New Jersey Authors' Network and FindAWritingGroup.com.
Jon's debut novel, Fur-Face (Echelon Press 2010), a middle grade science/horror/fantasy for boys aged 10-12, was nominated for a Crystal Kite Award. His popular blog, An Englishman in New Jersey (http://jongibbs.livejournal.com), is read in over thirty countries.
Jon can usually be found hunched over the computer in his basement office. One day he hopes to figure out how to switch it on.
24 comments:
- Matt Sinclair said...
Funny! I've thought about that song in that light ever since I started working on query letters.
- August 25, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Mr. D said...
Regardless, it's a great song!
- August 25, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Awesome!This was a really clever post!
- August 25, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Mira said...
This was a clever post. Nice job. :)
However, it does absolutely prove my point that query letters are a terrible, inaccurate way to screen writers and should go the way of the Dodo bird.
Anyone who turned down Paul McCartney's query would have lived to deeply, deeply regret it.
- August 25, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Steve Axelrod said...
Just for reference ...
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.
It's the dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand.
The son (The Sun) is working for the Daily Mail,
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.
Paperback writer (paperback writer)
It's a thousand pages, give or take a few,
I'll be writing more in a week or two.
I can make it longer if you like the style,
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.
If you really like it you can have the rights,
It could make a million for you overnight.
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.
- August 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Matt Borgard said...
Also, thanks for posting the lyrics, Steve. I totally didn't catch the "son/Sun" reference until just now.
- August 25, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- Cathy Yardley said...
SO going to have this song in my head all day. :)
- August 25, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Sarah McCabe said...
Isn't it far more likely that the agent just wouldn't respond at all?
- August 25, 2011 at 11:25 AM
- Jen said...
Hilarious! Thanks for the laugh!
- August 25, 2011 at 11:27 AM
- Anne-Marie said...
Hilarious post!
It took me years to figure out that the backing vocals are singing the old French children's song "Frere Jacques".
- August 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Fun post! I never paid close attention to the lyrics before -- puts them in a whole new light. I'll be humming this tune all day.
- August 25, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Two years ago for Christmas, my wife bought me "A Hard Days Write" The stories behind every Beatles song. Great book! Paul had been challenged by one of his Aunts to write a song that wasn't about love. He looked around and Ringo was reading a book. he said, "I'm gonna write a song about a book. Much of the lryic was taken directly from a letter that Paul received from a fan/aspireing novelist. The man named Lear, was probably Edward Lear, a painter and poet that John liked to read. Like most of their songs the lyrics are driven by the sound of the words, and not the logic of them.
"Literally, it's about a writer who has composed a book based on novel about a paperback writer. In other words, it's a novel based on a novel about a man writing a novel-which in turn presumably based on a novel about a man writing a novel."
And that's nothing short of brilliant.
Brilliant piece of writing by Paul, brilliant song, one of my favorites since I was old enough to walk.
Fun post-as far as the agents response? lol, sounds like a typical agent; missed the point entirely. lol
- August 25, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- jongibbs said...
Thank you for the kind words, everyone, and a special thank you to you, Nathan. It's an honor to see my post appear on your blog :)
- August 25, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Stephsco said...
This cracked me up! The Beatles used a lot of nonsense lyrics, so no surprise there's vagueness and cliches here. Big no-nos for queries!
- August 25, 2011 at 3:10 PM
- Kitty Bucholtz said...
LOL!!! When I started reading the first section, I went to iTunes and played my copy of this song while I read the rest of the post. Even funnier to have it playing while I'm reading! LOL! Thanks for the fun! :)
- August 25, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
Three things:
1) I would read the heck out of DRACULA VS. THE DALEKS.
2) "Paperback Writer", as silly as it is, is going to be my jam when it comes time for me to query.
3) The cat on your cover looks like mine and therefore I am intrigued, though I am not a 10- to 12-year-old boy.
Seriously, though, very entertaining post.
- August 25, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- tanyagrove said...
Years ago my husband worked for Mercury House in San Francisco, and they actually received the lyrics of this song typed out (yes, typed—it was a long time ago) in query letter form. They figured it was a prank pulled by a friend of someone who worked there, but it made for a fun day at work.
- August 25, 2011 at 7:51 PM
- Regge Ridgway said...
OMG. Jon. You are famous.. great blog post about rejection letters. Most of mine have been rather impersonal but polite. That one is a hoot.
- August 25, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- A Paperback Writer said...
Well, I, for one, am most certainly entertained by this post.
- August 25, 2011 at 8:48 PM
- wendy said...
Many ha, ha, ha's. And brilliant post, John! The lyrics of the song are clever, too. I always assumed Paperback Writer was written by John Lennon because he did publish 2 paperback books. A Spaniard In the Works was one. Perhaps Paul was having fun at John's expense? *g*
- August 26, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- jongibbs said...
Again, thank you everyone for the kind words. As Mr. D. said in his comment, it's a great song. I had a lot of fun writing about it.
Kristin, if I ever do write Dracula vs. the Daleks, you'll be the first to know, then I'm sending it to the SyFy channel :)
- August 26, 2011 at 5:38 AM
- dadwhowrites said...
That was genuinely funny! Next, the elevator pitch from Sympathy for the Devil?
- August 26, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Treating the song like a serious query was seriously funny! And educational. Looking forward to someone taking on the Sympathy for the Devil critique.
- August 26, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- jongibbs said...
If it's an elevator pitch, it would have to be to the tune of The Girl From Ipanema :)
- August 26, 2011 at 5:04 PM


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During a conference call with season-ticket holding fans, San Diego Chargers general manager Tom Telesco had many positive and optimistic things to say about running back Ryan Mathews . "A great kid" who "works extremely hard" and "big things" are expected from him. Telesco also added that they upgraded their offensive line in order to benefit both Mathews and the recently acquired Danny Woodhead .
Fantasy Analysis:
A GM likes his running back. A real shocker, right? Well the question is, do they have any other choice in the matter? San Diego has four other backs on the roster right now, excluding Woodhead who is a change-of-pace, jack of all trades, third down receiver out of the backfield. None of those four other backs either has it in the tank to be a full-time guy (Ronnie Brown) or proven anything on the field (Edwin Baker, Fozzy Whittaker and Michael Hill). The Chargers have to find a guy who can at least outplay Brown to take some pressure off of Mathews. Most fantasy owners have cooled tremendously on Mathews, especially if they happened to draft him in the second round last season. Ouch.