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How and when community organizations find out about local zoning issues, and how much they find out is changing.
Kathleen Lambert of the City Planning Commission explained changes in zoning procedures to Greater Bustleton Civic League members during their March 26 session at the American Heritage Federal Credit Union on Red Lion Road.
Jack O'Hara, the league's president, said the new process will keep the civic group in the dark for a while about why an owner needs Zoning Board of Adjustment approval to do something on a property.
The league knows an owner has been told an OK is needed from the zoners because its officers will be informed by the Planning Commission, but they won't be told right away why the OK is needed.
That's like being told there's a 50 percent off sale at a market, but not being told what exactly is being marked down, O'Hara said in a March 27 phone interview. Lambert explained the zoning appeals process works like this:
• An owner applies to the Department of Licenses and Inspections to do something on a property. An example could be the owner wants to build a large shed in a back yard.
• L&I sees the size of the shed is contrary to what city code allows in the property's neighborhood, so it refuses to issue the permit.
• If the owner still wants the shed, he or she must apply to the ZBA for a special exception or a zoning variance.
To that point, the procedure is what it was before the new zoning code started being used in August 2012. Previously, applicants could ask for zoning board hearings. Owners could arrange to ask the support of neighborhood organizations, and the zoners would consider what local groups had to say about the owners' proposals.
• Now, under new rules, Lambert said, the Planning Commission has seven days to tell a neighborhood group — defined as a Recognized Community Organization — that the applicant wants a variance. This is where O'Hara said the neighborhood group is not yet told why the variance is needed.
• The RCO has 45 days to set up a meeting with the applicant.
• The applicant must inform — usually by fliers — neighbors within 200 feet of the property in question about the meeting and the zoning application.
"When do I find out what the variance is about?" O'Hara asked again at the March 27 session. "I don't know what they're asking for. … I don't know what the issue is."
During a March 27 phone interview, O'Hara said he was informed a zoning matter will come before the league during its April 23 meeting that will be the first under these new rules.
"I can't find details on this zoning issue," he said, which is a problem for him as he tries to inform league members, who are drawn from the entire 19115 ZIP code.
• O'Hara said that the civic group is free to let many more people know about the meeting, where they will find out what the applicant wants to do.
• The group's members will tell the zoners if they support or oppose the applicant, who can't set up a zoning hearing until he has gone before the RCO.
During the March 26 meeting, Lambert, who is new to her job, said she's hoping any difficulties can be ironed out in six months. ••
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It's Homer Simpson's favorite day. Today is traditionally National Donut Day and it has been for an incredible 75 YEARS! Buying a donut today at a local grocery store chain will help the efforts of The St. Cloud Salvation Army.
Today (Friday) and Saturday (June 8), in honor of The Salvation Army's historic relationship with the donut, local Coborn's and Cash-Wise stores will donate $1 to the St. Cloud Salvation Army's shelter programs for homeless youth for every specially marked box of donuts you buy. Look for them on a rack right inside the door.
According to The Salvation Army it all started with 'The Donut Lassies', aka The Donut Girls, in World War I, the war to end all wars. About 250 volunteers made the trip overseas during WWI to set up service 'huts' located in abandoned buildings near the French front line lines. In these huts the girls would provide writing supplies and stamps, offered a clothes-mending service to the soldiers in battle and much to the soldiers' delight, fresh free home-made doughnuts. In fact, the girls were SO resourceful, they even rigged up a pot made from a soldier's helmet to cook the donuts.
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The scent of fresh baked goods permeated the air and drew homesick soldiers to the service "hut" where they could enjoy a taste of home. Word spread quickly among the soldiers – "If you're hungry and broke, you can get something to eat at The Salvation Army." Donuts became synonymous with Salvation Army and American WWI vets who were returning home with the nickname "doughboys."
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Yoga's sun salutations are among the most refined and effective movement meditations for health and well-being ever created. Originally practiced to connect to the sun's vitality, this precise combination of forward bends, backbends, and inversions awakens the breath and promotes circulation and inner balance through the flow of prana shakti—our creative life force.
On Sun Salutations, internationally acclaimed vinyasa flow yoga teacher Shiva Rea presents a complete at-home course on these fundamental movements. Join Shiva for a dynamic sequence of asanas (postures) that includes guidance in yoga breathing and a rich background of world beat and ambient music.
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- Classical sun salutations with mantras—10 complete practices to honor solar vitality, a meditative practice for all levels
- Surya Namaskar A and B from the Ashtanga tradition to build a basic vocabulary of strength and flexibility
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- Four of Shiva's innovative Dancing Warrior variations, specifically for opening the spine and the hips
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People who enjoy natural foods have a new shopping alternative toward the south end of Orange County – a mom-and-pop store known as Hanson's Market.
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WHAT: 4,600-square-foot whole-foods grocery store with a deli, a raw juicing and smoothie bar and a wellness center
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WHEN: Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays.
WHO: Ron Castruita, a longtime San Clemente resident who has worked much of his life in the grocery industry, runs the store with his wife, Diana. They have a staff of 15.
WHY: Castruita said he saw a need for a whole-foods store at the south end of the county, hearing that many natural-foods fans feel they have to hit the freeway to shop.
THE NAME: The store is named for the late Ole Hanson, who founded San Clemente in 1925.
FOCUS: Natural and organic foods, products not involving animal testing or preservatives, bleached flour, artificial colors, synthetic hormones or gluten. Produce is grown and breads are baked as locally as possible.
COMING UP: Hanson's is adding bulk foods (nuts, grains, lentils, coffees) and more local foods. In coming weeks, look for a selection of beers and organic wines.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will announce new steps Monday to reduce government waste, arguing that inefficiency, fraud and abuse are especially troubling during tough economic times.
Obama was to sign an executive order creating the Campaign to Cut Government Waste. According to a draft of the order obtained by The Associated Press, Obama will call for a new oversight board to work with federal agencies to cut back on waste and improve their performance. The order also requires cabinet secretaries to hold regular meetings with Vice President Joe Biden to report progress.
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Even at inflated Govt. prices that will save what, a half million at most? I recall when Clinton started a similar program called "Reinventing America" which put Al Gore in charge of eliminating government waste. It was nothing more than a PR campaign and accomplished nothing.
Is a "waste czar" next
He'd have to fire himself, Slow-Joe Biden and all other entrenched commies from his administration and congress. They're all a waste of space.
the boy isn't smart enough to understand the business model of a lemonade stand...
Is he going to hire a waste-cutting czar?
But at least Clinton's PR stunt had a record to go with it. With Obozos economic record it's just ripe for jokes.
"Obama" A man of smoke and mirrors.
HU JINTAO IMPRESSIONIST: You know, as I listen to you, I am noticing that each of your plans to save money involves spending even more money. This does not inspire confidence.
Nothing changes.
Honest to goodness, I thought it was the Onion. I had to check to be sure.
Really, I don't understand why the Feds just don't do exactly as you suggested. Simply keep all spending as is by proportion, and cut across the board whatever percentage is needed to balance the budget.
Okay, I understand why they don't do it, but it's still frustrating!
Their playbook has only two plays.
1. Raise taxes.
2. Grow government.
Those are the universal answers to every problem in their minds............
I'm glad I wasn't the only one. ;)
On the bright side, could this be a sign of Obama-panic? Even though he canceled his daily economic briefings, he must have some clue, however vague, that the economy is dire. As a Keynesian marxist [I hope I put that right] Obama knows one thing only: the government must spend more...and more...and MORE. There is, however, no $ to spend, and there hasn't been for a couple of years, at least. So maybe he's actually hoping this bureaucratic boondoggle will actually save him a few bucks, so he can spend, spend, spend some more.
Obama is the number one waste, IMO! It's called Human.
wow~! what a great idea~!
You mean there is waste in government?
Why didnt any candidate run on that?
I bet if we cut all the waste in Medicade we could fund Obamacare! Wouldnt that be a good selling point?
Yes we all know how overspending fixes the economy and reduces debt too. Can I say "Doofus" without getting banned?
Stossel had a show on Fox last night on government waste and what to do. Zero will do nothing. Another headline and go back to spending.
The Department of Talking About Government Spending and Government Waste.
The only way to root out fraud, corruption, and inefficiencies is Gov't is to limit the scope of the Gov't power and size. Fraud, corruption, and inefficiencies are the very nature of centralized Gov't. It used to be that anyone who had taken a basic American gov't or history class understood this truth.
If this SOB were not so dangerous, he would be pure comic genius.
If this SOB were not so utterly dangerous, he would be pure comic genius.
You're going to cut every soldier, sailor, marine's paycheck by 25%? Or are you just planning to fire 25% of them?
Many government buildings and offices are rented. You plan to just tell the landlord, "I just unilaterally cut your monthly rent for the space by 25%, screw you."? Everybody who does busines with the Federal government just got screwed out of 25% of what they expected to get paid, eh?
"Obama was to sign an executive order creating the Campaign to Cut Government Waste...Obama will call for a new oversight board to work with federal agencies to cut back on waste..."
And the "new oversight board" will wind up costing more than the "waste" that the board cuts.
Cutting 25% does not need the reduction of people's salaries, it would need the reduction of 25% of agency spending, and perhaps a 25% reduction in personnel.
"So you're going to cut every Social Security check to every recipient by 25%?"
No, but I would cut the social security administrations operating budget by 25%, minus payroll.
Could cut every operating budget by 25% minus payroll. Could have every government employee kick in another 1-2% for retirement and medical.
Could take redundant departments, consolidate them, keep the people on payroll, but cut the operating budgets by 25%. Jobs that are replicated can be cut by attrition and early retirement.
Can review all government contracts valued at over $1,000,000 and renegotiate based on usefulness of the contract. In other words, the original purpose of the contract has been fulfilled, but. someone is still getting paid.
Actually, we can have all these contracts, minus ones for national security, put online and the people can determine what should be cut. This also includes all the operating budgets.
It is obvious the government cannot do this on their own. Give accounting majors 3 college credits for doing the audit.
If wikileaks can put thousands of pages of national security material on the Internet with nary a peep by the administration, our national budget, which is owned by the people can be put online.
And I thought this was Issa's job.
i would redline the military budget but it's prolly not possible
i still say if you make X% cuts even overall it's still better than creating ANOTHER layer of government bureaucracy that will a)never achieve it's intended mission/namesake and b)will cost more EVERY YEAR from now to eternity!!!
If he wants to cut some government waste, he should appoint 'chainsaw' Jack Welsh, former CEO of GE as cost cutting czar.
Whatever happened to the reorganization of Government he proposed in his last State of the Union — where he suggested he'd eliminate parts of our current Government structure where there was duplication of oversight/responsibility???
This is the best the Democrats can do? At least with Nero, you got a little music while everything was falling apart. With Obama, all you get is blather blather blather. And let's not forget our old friends Pelosi and Reid. This is a Democrat debacle, not just an Obama debacle. If things don't pick up, they'll throw him under the bus and come up with a new and improved candidate. This ugly little brat (the economy) is a Democrat baby.
...it would need the reduction of 25% of agency spending, and perhaps a 25% reduction in personnel.
Don't kid yourself. You have to cut the bureaucracy hard to cut spending if you're looking to cut spending by 25%, and if you're cutting the bureaucracy will fight tooth and nail. I think a lot of the big mouths posting around here think it will be easy - I guarantee they will be disappointed.
As for the rest of you comments, maybe that will get as much as 10% savings. Maybe. So what are you going to do to get the other 15%?
If this was easy it would already have been done.
But don't expect some simple thing like a 25% cut to work when Palin is President either. Expect screaming and howling and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Expect the Wisconsin State Capitol Building times 100. Maybe times 300-400. Expect the bureaucracy to fight to the last man in the last trench. Do the American people have the stones to say to the bureaucrats "NO!"? The American people might even reelect the Obamanation just because they don't have the guts for the fight.
i trust Palin if she get's in will have a real plan to get us out of this mess...
"The jokes write themselves"
Anything Asspress writes is high comedy.
What a bunch of molarky! He also said today he thinks about jobs every time he goes into the Oval.
"Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of billions"....according to dimwit, idiotBiden......I call serious BS given his track record on watching for Stimulus waste.... =.=
Obama talking about cutting waste is like Hitler talking about Jewish Outreach programs....
Jon Carry had lots of 'plans', too, when he was running. So Bozo has a plan to reduce waste huh? Just heard earlier in the day that he also has a plan to create jobs, he's been saying that for the last 2 1/2 years, hasn't happened yet BOZO! This imposter is such a tool. All by design, his plan is to destroy us.
Best idea to fight gov't waste? Just close down the gov't. No one would notice for months anyway...
Reality bites even the public sector. You apparently have not dealt with budget cuts in the private sector. People get laid off all of the time, so what?
So they're mad, so what?
I would advocate a 75% reduction in all non-military personnel, and a 25% reduction in the size of the military. I would also legislate a permanent freeze on ALL non-discretionary spending. Let the rationing begin!!!
What, is the government going to get slower and more inefficient? And the downside is...
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text: Feminine Hygiene Commercials Are Rarely GeniusDodai Stewart8/29/08 1:30pmFiled to: Bloody Helllet it bleedtamponsbeaverperiodsperiod dramasAdvertisingBadvertisingadlibsConsumerist145EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkOver on AdAge, there's a commercial for a company called Libra. In the spot, a woman on a rooftop rocks out on guitar as video game shapes fall from the sky. The licks are hot, the chick is cool, and the tagline is: "Play with patterns." The product? Tampons. Because having your period rocks! Actually, the ad's not bad — at least there's not blue mystery liquid being squeezed from an eyedropper or a beaver involved. As AdAge's Charlie Moran points out: "We like rock 'n roll as a source of female empowerment, but doesn't such a contrived packaging gimmick like this play into stereotypes about the frivolity of those same young girls?" Ugh. Why is "feminine hygiene" such a tough product to sell? Women menstruate. They need tampons. So how come tampon commercials rarely hit the mark?As Tracie wrote in her post about period dramas, blood makes people uncomfortable. TV commercials are gleaming, clean shiny things where no one bleeds or poops (ever see the All-Bran commercial where bricks stand in for crap?) Especially not women. The new Tampax commercials feature "Mother Nature" giving a woman her "monthly gift," which is a red present. Not bloody jelly blobs coming from her uterus, but a neatly wrapped box that might as well have a cashmere sweater inside. I'm not saying that I want to see blood in tampon commercials. I don't know what I want to see. And it seems like the ad execs don't know either. When it comes to period ads, what would you like to see? Have there ever been any ads that you thought were well done? The Libra commercial: Click to view A Touch of Feminine Hygenius [AdAge] Earlier: The Importance Of Being Able To Change Your Period Products In "Public" Leave It To BeaverReply145 repliesLeave a reply


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With a 3-1 victory over Steamboat Springs still on their minds, the Moffat County High School boys varsity soccer players are preparing for a foe they have not faced this year.
Moreover, they'll be playing on a level at which none of them have yet reached.
MCHS will meet the Windsor Wizards at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Windsor High School as part of the first round of the state playoffs. This is the first year the team has made it to the playoff level since 2005. It is also the first year Rusty Cox — who is in his third year as the team's coach — has been to the playoffs.
The Bulldogs, seeded 30th in the playoffs, will have their work cut out for them, taking on the near-undefeated Wizards, whose overall record is 14-1, 11-1 in the Tri-Valley League. They are seeded third in the tournament.
MCHS has a total record of 11-4, 7-3 in the Western Slope League. Though Windsor has a stronger overall record, Moffat County's top scorer, senior Tracy Mendoza, boasts the highest goal count between the two teams.
Windsor's highest scorer is Garrett Winner, with 24 this year.
Cox said he is feeling confident about the game.
"They can't be too happy that they drew us," he said. "They're an offensive team, we're an offensive team."
Cox said he has little information about the Wizards beyond the scores of their games, one of which was 10-1.
"All we can do is play them and find out what we're dealing with," he said.
The Sunday night snowfall provided a unique opportunity for Cox's team. With the fields at Loudy-Simpson Park affected by the weather, Cox moved Monday's practice to the MCHS gym. The team scrimmaged with each other, playing a fast-paced game without keeping score.
Cox said the speed of indoor soccer will help his players be ready for the Astroturf field awaiting them in Windsor.
"When these guys get going like this, they're hard to stop," he said. "It lets them practice offense and defense, which is good because I want our guys to be even."
Cox said he hopes to repeat the indoor practice today, an idea that many of his players like.
"It's a lot faster, and I think that'll help us be ready," sophomore Alan Flores said.
Freshman Nestor Arellano said he was just glad to be out of the cold weather, though he expects it to be just as cold Wednesday evening.
But, Arellano is more concerned with playing a highly ranked team like the Wizards.
"If we just go out and play as a team, I think we have a chance," he said.
Sophomore Ben Booth said he is glad to be on a playoff team his first year playing high school soccer.
"It feels pretty awesome to be part of it," he said.


text: Billy Ray Weighs In On Miley's Poledance; Grisly Details In Model MurderDodai Stewart8/21/09 9:00amFiled to: Dirt BagMiley cyrus poledancebilly ray cyrusMiley CyrusLiam hemsworthGerard ButlerJennifer AnistonThe bountyMadonnajesus luzJasmine fioreRyan jenkinsMegan wants a millionaireLindsay Lohanmichael lohanHeidi Montagspencer prattKim zolciakKaty Perrylady gagaTyra BanksHayden PanetierreHarry MortonAdam lambertClaire DanesUsherTameka FosterMichael JacksonKenny Chesneykelis82EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkBilly Ray Cyrus knows you're worried about Miley Cyrus dancing on an ice cream cart while holding a pole, and he has this to say:"You know what? I just think that Miley loves entertaining people… I always tell her to love what you're doing and stay focused for the love of the art and not worry so much about opinion," In other words: Keep on poledancin', honey! [Access Hollywood]AdvertisementMiley Cyrus has a new man, her Last Song costar Liam Hemsworth, 18. A quick Google search finds him fairly cute. Or, you know, hot. [Gatecrasher]Gerard Butler threw Jennifer Aniston into the trunk of a car yesterday… on the set of The Bounty. [NY Post]Madonna — recently seen kissing Jesus Luz in Portofino, Italy while on a break from touring — is happy to have Luz around. And her kids "see Jesus as 'Mommy's friend.'" [MSNBC Scoop]Ugh: Stomach-churning details from the Jasmine Fiore murder. Cops claim that the murdered model's teeth and fingers were removed, probably to keep authorities from ID'ing the body. Suspect Ryan Jenkins (Jasmine's ex-husband), who taped Megan Wants A Millionaire in March, is still at large. 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[CNN]A woman charged with snooping at Britney Spears' home in April has been sentenced to three years probation and 240 hours of community service. [Contact Music]Lindsay Lohan and Michael Lohan are NOT distant and are always happy to see each other. Says Michael Lohan. [Radar Online]Lindsay Lohan Tweeted that she'd be shopping at a store in downtown Manhattan yesterday afternoon, and then complained to friends, "Why are there all these people here?" when she arrived and found a pack of paparazzi outside the store. [Page Six]Let's just pretend this Heidi Montag workout website and fitness e-book is not happening, mmmkay? [Perez]Maybe we can also pretend that Spencer Pratt isn't talking about his new book How To Be Famous and saying stuff like "If I weren't me, I'd hate me. When you're the villain, you don't have to worry about how your enemy feels." [Gatecrasher]"Battle of the busty blonde singers: Heidi Montag and Kim Zolciak face off on the airwaves." [NY Daily News]BREAKING: Tyra Banks and rumored boyfriend John Utendahl had dinner. [Page Six]Katy Perry weighs in on the Lady Gaga-has-a-penis rumor: "Oh please, it's all very calculated. She knows what she's doing." As calculated as a former Christian singer warbling about a same-sex kiss? [LA Times]Hayden Panettiere, 20, is now dating Pink Taco owner Harry Morton, son of Hard Rock mogul Peter Morton. This column notes: "Harry, 28, is only slightly more age-appropriate for Panetierre than her 32-year-old ex, Milo Ventimiglia." [Page Six]Claire Danes looks smoking hot wearing platforms and fishnets in this photo shoot. [BlackBook]Some idiot threw a dildo at American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert during a show, and "Glambert" kicked it right back into the crowd. [Perez]Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon was on the Wendy Williams show when she let it slip that Jamie Foxx had a new baby. Apparently this had been a secret, but the baby girl's mother is a real-estate agent, described as "tall, muscular, pretty, brunette and white." [Mirror]Usher's ex-wife Tameka Foster wrote a blog entry for the Huffington Post called "She's Pretty For A Dark-Skinned Girl." Author Aisha Curry wrote the book Pretty For A Black Girl in 2007 and says: "I cannot and will not say she stole my idea, because you never should assume. However, I will say that It seemed like one heck of a coincidence and everything I touched on she did." [ONTD]Here's an interview with Michael Jackson's personal artist, David Nordahl, who created mythical and fantastical paintings for the King Of Pop. He created a work called Field of Dreams, in which MJ leads children of all nationalities (plus sister Janet, AIDS activist Ryan White and actor Macaulay Culkin) on a sunlit path. Click through for a different painting of MJ surrounded by cherubs. [USA Today]"A chubby clinic worker has claimed he had a LOVE AFFAIR with Michael Jackson." [The Sun]Tickets for the Michael Jackson movie go on sale September 27. [CNN]If you take pictures of Kenny Chesney during his concert, he will jump down and steal your memory card. [UPI]The divorce between Kelis and Nas is getting down to the dirty details: Who should get how much money. Apparently Nas makes about $244,000 a month; Kelis makes a mere $13,000 a month. She's asking for child support, spousal support, retro child support and retro spousal support. Maybe she should sing a song that's like, "Hey, hubby, baby I want your money…" Oh. Wait. [TMZ]Real Housewife Of Orange County Lynne Curtin was supposed to be evicted from her home but the papers were served to her daughter, who's a minor. [TMZ]Ladies love Salman Rushdie. [Page Six]Nelly and Ashanti: Splitsville. [Gatecrasher]Barbra Streisand's ex-boyfriend is auctioning off tapes he made of her earliest performances, in case you have $1 million lying around. [Page Six]Kids In The Hall reunion! [Variety]Billy Bob Thornton will star in a boxing flick called Pound for Pound, based on a novel by F.X. Toole, the author of the book that became Million Dollar Baby. [The Hollywood Reporter]"I don't think I have ever changed a diaper." — newly pregnant Kourtney Kardashian. [E!]"I wish my dad was here, but I know that he is here with us [in spirit], and I feel like this is definitely a blessing from him. It's bittersweet, and that's how I feel about getting married, too. I almost don't want to get married because I don't want him to not be there." — Kourtney Kardashian, on being pregnant without being able to talk to her late father, famed attorney Robert Kardashian. [People]"People come up to me in airports, and they're asking for my autograph not because I'm the drummer for the Chili Peppers. They really think I'm Will Ferrell. [I say] 'No, I'm not.' But they're still like, 'I loved you in 'Old School.' You're so funny.'" — Chad Smith. And really, the side by side pictures show an uncanny resemblance. [Gatecrasher]"He's such a cutie patootie. Sometimes I forget just how good-looking he is. While relationships are work, this just didn't feel like it. It's the kind of work that feels energizing rather than enervating. There's that pledge, and people talk about it being claustrophobic but I find it the opposite. I find it very freeing to know that, okay, it takes constant nurturing and attention, but I can also stop looking for the one-that's established. I can apply myself in other ways now. I have more time and energy to get shit done." — Claire Danes on recognizing fiancée Hugh Dancy is "the one." [BlackBook]"The fun thing about surgery is that they always have new things and you can always try things. 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text: There's Now Darth Vader "Energy Cola" Pepsi in JapanBrian Ashcraft11/28/12 5:30amFiled to: Star WarsJapanDarth VaderSnacktakuKotakueast22EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Like everyone, Japan loves Star Wars. It also loves Darth Vader, who has sold everything from smartphones phones to pachinko on Japanese TV. Japan also loves energy drinks. Advertisement And so, we have this: Pepsi Energy Cola with Vader's face plastered all over it. The Dark Lord of the Sith actually wants you to "Give yourself to the dark side" and drink this caffeinated beverage. The can says so! Dooooo it!Pepsi Energy Cola is a Japan original, created under Suntory, that went on sale last summer. The drink contains royal jelly extract, ginseng, guarana extract, and caffeine, among other ingredients. Advertisement The Vader version launched this fall and is now available across the country, giving Pepsi drinkers ample opportunity to give themselves to the dark side.「ペプシ エナジーコーラ」新発売 [Suntory via Rinkya]Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.Reply22 repliesLeave a reply


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Sometimes I will ask a senior about a Karate instructor I am about to meet or might have recently heard about. Two statements mean a lot.
The first is that the instructor is "serious." This means that he actually practices Karate and does so in a serious manner. His Karate book is written is sweat. This instructor is someone to be taken seriously.
The second statement is that the instructor is "sincere." This means that the instructor actually practices Karate as part of his daily life. His Karate training is not simply a physical thing.
It is possible for an instructor to be serious but not sincere or sincere but not serious. The first would be shallow and potentially dangerous. The second would be weak.
When I hear that an instructor is both serious and sincere, that is really something! He is someone I look forward to meeting!
Charles C. Goodin
"Serious Karate Man"
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Report Card Day
Yesterday was Report Card Day.
As a kid and young adult I always loved getting my report card.
I loved seeing how I did, what my teachers had to say, what little surprises my parents might learn about me and my behavior (which was almost always good with the occasional "talks too much in class"). I cared quite a bit about my grades - not obsessively - they weren't all A's - but they were good and I wanted to do well.
I was a good student. I loved school. Always.
(Okay, except those first two years in college. You couldn't really say I was a good student then but I definitely loved the experience.)
Getting Simon's report card is a bit of a different story.
When it's Report Card Day I encounter a mixture of thoughts and feelings:
- Seeing anything having to do with standardized or percentage-based numbers. Ugh. Just ugh. Usually I look at it, make a couple mental notes, and then move on to the next part of the packet. For Simon, like many students with delays/disabilities/issues, standardized testing (or any kind of testing really) is a major challenge. More often than not the test results say so very little about his actual abilities.
- For as much as I work on my attitude and perspective and acceptance and the bigger picture, it's still just hard to read about his struggles. I love him, the whole of him, and support and encourage him to do his best every single day.
- Getting to see where he's at with this goals. Each year at his annual IEP (Individualized Education Program) meeting we, along with his teacher and his program director, come up with specific goals related to reading, math, writing, speech & language, and social skills. Most of his goals this year revolve around social skills, reading, and speech & language. His report card includes updates on his progress for each of those areas.
- Anytime the teacher(s) include something personal. His speech teacher noted how "he comes to speech with a cheery attitude."
- It's a reminder that things change and progress and get better and get more challenging and that's just the way it goes. Whatever is the biggest issue right now will ebb and flow into another issue. I find it actually helps me keep things in perspective.
- He's doing just fine and is making forward progress at his own pace. We find ways to be proud of him every single day.
In addition to the "official" report card content, this was included in his packet:
The "M" next to "I enjoy reading." is one of the best things I've seen in a long time.
I got a little choked up when I came to that one.
This is the first year a form like this has been included with his report card. What I love about it is that it gives him a chance to be self-aware - to acknowledge which things might be more challenging for him and which things he's great at right now.
This is the kind of thing we hope for Simon.
That he can develop a love of reading and learning regardless of if he's performing right at grade level. That he can learn to recognize what he needs to work on and celebrate the areas where he excels.
The more confidence we can build in his own abilities the better equipped I believe he will be in the long run.


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Former Miss Sri Lanka Universe Jacqueline Fernandez made her Bollywood debut with Aladin in 2009 opposite Riteish Deshmukh. Although the film was a box office failure, Jacqueline bagged International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Female Debut and Stardust Award for Lux Exciting New Face.
2010 saw her once again appearing alongside Riteish Deshmukh in romcom Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai which was another dud. She turned item girl in Sajid Khan's Housefull in song Dhanno which was a big success. Fernandez almost gave up acting because no good roles were coming to her.
In 2012, she bounced back with a bang in Mahesh Bhatt's thriller Murder 2, which went on to become her first box office success. She got intimate with Emraan Hashmi and looked sizzling hot in the film.Post Murder 2 success, Fernandez turned down Raaz 3D offer to avoid being type cast as a sex symbol. She also turned down a role in Krrish 3 due to date conflicts.
Born on: June 2, 1985
Sun sign: Gemini
Place of birth: Sri Lanka
First film: Aladin (2009)
Family: Fernandez was born to a Sri Lankan father and a Malaysian mother and has three siblings.
Personal life: Jacqueline Fernandez was reportedly in a relationship with Bahrain prince Sheikh Hassan bin Rashid Al Khalifa for two years. She is now dating director Sajid Khan, whom she met on the sets of Housefull 2.
2010: International Indian Film Academy Awards for Best Female Debut for Aladin
2010: Stardust Awards for Lux Best Exciting New Face for Aladin
2011: 7th position in Times' Top 50 Most Desirable Women of 2011QUOTE ROOM
On Race 2 prep: "In movies, action sequences performed by women require different training and techniques since they can't train like guys. For women, it's important to maintain flexibility and agility, along with a lot of fluidity. I am a trained gymnast. And now, in a way, I have gotten back to it. I am looking to do a lot of my own stunts, so I am working on different techniques. For example, I have been training in capoeira (the Brazilian martial arts). And I love it since it's got a lot to do with dance. I have been doing a lot of flips too, besides yoga, that has been helping me a lot."
On opting out of Krissh 3: "It was an unfortunate clash of dates. I had to make the decision and both parties involved tried hard to make it work, but it didn't happen. It's my bad luck due to which I couldn't do Krrish 3."
On turning down Raaz 3: "Unfortunately, you tend to get stereotyped in the industry and that was the major concern for me. When Murder 2 released, there were a lot of offers coming my way...when we got into the later stages of finalisation of Raaz 3, I just was not comfortable. I felt I have done it in Murder 2, so it's time to move on."
On setting her limits: "I am not closed to kissing scenes or wearing skimpy clothes. But, it should not be forced into the movie, just for the heck of it. The role or the dresses should not make me feel uncomfortable. I have definitely set limitations on what is acceptable to me...if the lip-lock or a certain dressing style is central to the script and character, then I am open to doing it. Lot of movies have sex scenes these days that look like they have been forced, and it makes you cringe when you see them. I don't want that to be the case when someone is watching my movie."On Bollywood: "At the end of the day you are an outsider and it doesn't help you much when you don't even belong to the country. You can't imagine how it feels for a young woman to come back to an empty apartment, be all lonely and face her demons. The city starts seeming far more alien while the sheer unpredictability of Bollywood as an industry starts intimidating you."
On shooting steamy scenes: "I'm comfortable about my body. I have no qualms in flaunting what I have. Also, I play a seductress in the movie (Murder 2), so I had to flaunt my body."
On working with the Khans: "I want to work with all three of them — Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir. This is surely one of the top things on my agenda."
On comparisons with Mallika: "I loved Mallika Sherawat in Murder. But Murder 2 is different. It is about a series of murders unlike Murder, that dealt with extra-marital affair primarily."
On her favourite actor: "I aspire to be like Aishwarya Rai for her elegance and poise. One actor I would like to pair up with would be Abhay Deol. He is very talented and I personally like his work a lot."


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- todo.txt — 用命令行管理你的Todo清单
- Taskwarrior — 另一个 cli todo list 软件,由 lua customization等支持
- Cherrytree — 一个分层的笔记软件
- Glista — 简单的 GTK+ to-do 清单管理软件,支持注释
- Gnote — Gnote 是Tomboy的一个实验分支,用C++编写
- hnb — 一个组织各种数据的软件
- KeepNote — 一个跨平台的GTK 笔记软件,支持富文本格式
- http://keepnote.org || KeepNoteAUR
- tomboy — Linux和Unix下的桌面笔记软件
- zim — 所见即所得的文本编辑器 that aims at bringing the concept of a wiki to the desktop
- NoteCase — 便携的分层笔记软件, 用C++和GTK+编写
Time Management
- Calcurse — 一个基于文本的日历 and scheduling system
- Remind — 一个高度精致的基于文本的日历和提醒软件
- When — 简单的个人日历软件
- Wyrd — 前端提醒软件http://pessimization.com/software/wyrd/
- wyrd || not packaged? search in AUR
- tasks — simple to do list application that uses libecal
- site || tasks
- etm — Event and Task Manager. A "Getting Things Done" approach handling events, tasks, activities, reminders and projects
- Pal — A very lightweight calendar with both interactive and non-interactive interfaces
- wxRewind — A Python text and graphical frontend to Remind
- Sunbird — standalone Mozilla calendar application
- taskcoach — simple open source todo manager to manage personal tasks and todo lists
- Orage — GTK+ calendar and task manager often seen integrated with Xfce
- Osmo — GTK+ personal organizer, which includes calendar, tasks manager and address book modules
- Rachota — portable time tracker for personal projects
Translation and Localisation
- Lokalize - the standard KDE tool for software translation. Available in Extra. Home page
- virtaal - an editor for translation of both software and other text, based on Translate Toolkit. Available in AUR. Home page
- Supported formats: Gettext (.po and .mo), XLIFF (.xlf), TMX, TBX, WordFast TM (.txt), Qt Linguist (.ts), Qt Phrase Book (.qph), OmegaT glossary (.tab and .utf8), ...
- Shows suggestions from Apertium, Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, Moses, http://open-tran.eu, Translation Memories or TM servers
- poedit - a simple Gettext/po-file translation tool. Available in Community. Home page
- OmegaT - "the translation memory tool", a general translators tool which contains a lot of translation memory features
- Supported formats: html, MS Office 2007 XML, OpenDocument format, XLIFF/Okapi, MediaWiki, plain text, TMX, ...
- Shows suggestions from Google Translate
- pology - a set of Python tools for dealing with Gettext/po-files. See the home page for simple installation instructions.
- May be used to translate po-files with Apertium, see http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Translating_gettext for instructions.
- Apertium - a free and open source rule-based machine translation platform. All released language data is available in AUR. Home page
Work environment
Default installation of Arch does not contain any Desktop Environment and therefore forces users to choose one themselves. Most Arch boxes run some X11 Window Manager and/or Desktop Environment but precedents of doing everyday tasks in bare console are also present (proofs?).
Desktop environments
Window managers
- dvtm — performs dwm-style window management in console
Support applications
Login managers
- CDM — ultra-minimalistic, yet full-featured login manager written in bash
- http://cdm.ghost1227.com/ || cdmAUR
- SLiM — lightweight and elegant graphical login solution
- Qingy — ultralight and very configurable graphical login independent on X Windows
Terminal multiplexers etc
- screen — Full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal
- tmux — BSD-licensed terminal multiplexer
- dtach — program that emulates the detach feature of screen
System Monitoring
- adesklet-systemmonitor — modular stackable system monitors for adesklets
- Conky — lightweight, scriptable system monitor
- gkrellm — simple, flexible system monitor package for GTK2; many plug-ins are available on AUR
- Htop — simple, ncurses interactive process viewer
- LXTask — lightweight task manager for LXDE
Terminal emulators
Power users use terminal emulators quite often, so unsurprisingly lots of X11 terminal emulators exist. Most of them emulate Xterm that emulates VT102, which emulates typewriter, so you will have to read Wikipedia article and other sources to master these things. Some of listed emulators have "quake"-like sequences in names or refer to Quake terminals. If you hove not played Quake (really?) or did not pay enough attention to it's terminals – those have no border and are hidden from the desktop until a key is pressed.
- Xterm — It is doubtful that you would need more functionality than present in the Xterm, but be ready to tune it a bit to get nice look and working copy-paste
- aterm — An xterm replacement with transparency support
- yakuake — drop-down terminal emulator based on KDE Konsole technology
- LilyTerm — A light and easy to use libvte based X Terminal Emulator
- rxvt — popular replacement for the xterm
- urxvt — A highly extendable unicode enabled rxvt-clone terminal emulator featuring tabbing, url launching, quake-style dropdown, pseudo-
transparency, and is extensible with perl
- mrxvt — tabbed X terminal emulator based on rxvt code
- Eterm (Enlightenment) — emulator, derived from rxvt
- http://www.eterm.org/ || etermAUR
- Stjerm — is a GTK+-based drop-down terminal emulator. Stjerm sets itself apart from similar programs by providing a minimalistic interface combined with a small file size, lightweight memory usage and easy integration with composite window managers such as Compiz.
- terminator — terminal emulator supporting multiple resizable terminal panes
- Tilda — A Linux terminal taking after the likeness of many classic terminals from first person shooter games, Quake, Doom and Half-Life
- Termit — simple terminal emulator, extensible via Lua. Includes tabs, bookmarks, and the ability to switch encodings
Terminal Vidget, developed during early Gnome days, gave birth to many terminals with similar capabilities:
- ROXTerm — A tabbed, VTE-based terminal emulator with a small footprint
- Sakura — A terminal emulator based on GTK+ and VTE
- mt — written as nice light-er-weight replacement for sakura (the binary is one third the size), keeping most of the functionality, except settings are defined during compilation, and removes some stupid features
- lxterminal — VTE-based terminal emulator and c part of the LXDE DE.
- evilvte (The name apparently is a reference to evilwm, although the two projects do not appear to be related).
- gnome-terminal — GNOME default (standalone) terminal with support for Unicode and pseudo-transparency
- guake — drop-down terminal for Gnome Desktop Environment
- http://guake.org/ || guake-gitAUR
- terminal — Xfce default terminal with support for a colorized prompt and a tabbed interface
Text editors
- GNU Emacs — The somewhat intimidating but famously extensible text editor with hundreds of tricks and add-ons
- nano — A console text editor based on pico with on-screen key binding help
- Vim — Vi IMproved
- Acme — A minimalist and flexible programming environment by Rob Pike
- Beaver — An Early AdVanced EditoR
- Bluefish — GTK editor/IDE with an MDI interface, syntax highlighting and support for Python plugins
- Cssed — GTK2 based Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) editor
- Edile — A PyGTK code/scripting editor implemented in one file
- Geany — A text editor using the GTK+ 2 toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment
- Gedit — Part of the GNOME desktop, but has minimal dependencies: a GTK2 editor with syntax highlighting, automatic indentation, matching brackets, etc., and a number of add-ons to increase functionality
- gVim — Vi IMproved
- Kate — The KDE Advanced Text Editor. A full-featured programmer's editor, with MDI and a filesystem browser
- KWrite (part of the KDE desktop) — lightweight text editor with syntax highlighting.
- Leafpad — A notepad clone for GTK+ 2.x that emphasizes simplicity
- medit — medit is a programming and around-programming text editor
- PyRoom — great distractionless PyGTK text editor, a clone of the infamous WriteRoom
- http://pyroom.org/ || pyroomAUR
- Sam — graphical text editor by Rob Pike (still used by Ken Thompson and others)
- Scite — generally useful editor with facilities for building and running programs
- Tea — QT based feature rich text editor
Application Launchers
- Adeskbar — easy, simple, unobtrusive application launcher for Openbox
- Fehlstart — small application launcher written in c99


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The Messiah College Falcons (20-0-2) advanced to their second Final Four in 3 years with a 3-0 win over the Mary Washington Eagles (13-5-3) Saturday night.
With steady rain falling for much of the first half Annie Futato scored the Falcon's first goal of the night at the 28:12 mark. Futato played a give and go to Stef Rowe and eventually and struck the ball into the back of the net providing all the offense Messiah would need.
Play continued back and forth for ten minutes when the Falcons added another, this time off the foot of Rowe. Corrie Jones played a through pass to Rowe who hit a low line drive which skipped of the wet turf and off the Eagle keeper into the net.
Hannah Levesque added the final blow with 9 minutes remaining in the contest. Levesque took a corner ball played by Avie Fitzgerald, and headed it over the outstretched arms of the Eagle keeper making it 3-0.
The Falcons out shot the Eagles 14-5 and also had more corner kicks 6-2. Mary Elizabeth Fulco made 7 saves for Mary Washington, while Cassie Grose had 2 for Messiah.
With the win the Falcons get revenge for a season ending loss last year in the NCAA second round. Messiah advances to the Final Four which will be held next Friday and Saturday in Greensboro, NC. Their opponent and game time have yet to be determined.
Mary Washington ends their season with a 13-5-3 record after making their 11th trip to the NCAA tournament and third straight.
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This likely has a lot to do with the potential passing of a new EV bill in the state
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to pass in Texas, and to sweeten the pot, he has mentioned building a second plant in the Lone Star state.
"When we do establish a manufacturing plant outside of California, Texas would be a leading candidate for that," said Musk.
Musk is even trying to appeal to Texan consumers by discussing a design for an electric pickup truck that would be stronger than any current gasoline truck.
"I have this idea for a really advanced electric truck that has the performance of a sports car but actually more towing power and more carrying capacity than a gasoline or diesel truck of comparable size," said Musk. "That could be really cool, and I think that would probably make sense to do that at a new plant."
Musk is likely showing off what Tesla can do for Texas in terms of car sales because of a recent bill -- which Musk referred to as a "life or death" situation for the automaker.
The proposed bill is
House Bill 3351
, which would allow distributors and manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) only to sell directly to customers without the use of dealerships. The bill was filed by Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin).
With the passing of the bill, Musk said he would hope to sell about 1,500-2,000 EVs in Texas alone for 2014. Tesla typically sells about 10,000 in North America total.
"If we were allowed to go direct, I think we would make Texas on par with California in terms of emphasis," said Musk.
Tesla is in a particularly good spot right now, and is looking to expand as quickly as possible to keep that momentum up. Last month, Musk announced that Tesla was shipping over 500 Model S EVs weekly. Not long after that, reported that
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It's been a grueling few weeks that airwaves have been absent of reality music competitions, ever since someone with "The X Factor" and another person with "The Voice" won over voting American teenagers and moms.
Have no fear—starting tonight, our weeks will once again be filled with countless hours of aspirationally famous people trying to sing Adele. That's right, "American Idol" is back. The original, the one that started it all. And by It, I mean soft drink companies buying up two-hour blocks of TV and drilling into our brains that Coke=autotune.
DVR the Season Premiere of "American Idol"
"American Idol" is now old enough to audition for the "X Factor," and though it's been showing its age in recent years, Season 12 has been injected with some freshness. Or maybe the flu shot. Either way, it's good news.
We caught a preview of New York and Chicago auditions, and caught up with executive producer Nigel Lythgoe, to learn about some of the changes, some of the things that are staying the same, and some grand hopes for "American Idol" Season 12.
What's New?
The Judges: Need we even identify them? It hasn't exactly been a quiet off-season for "Idol," what with all the tussling between new lady panelists Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. Oh yeah, and Keith Urban's in there, too, but you wouldn't know it. From what we've seen so far, Mariah and Nicki dominate the judging panel with mile-a-minute chatter and heartfelt declarations. Randy Jackson holds down the fort as the faux-Simon Cowell, trying to be harsher than the others, but you know, no one makes goldfish insults better than the original.
Watch Nicki Minaj Weigh in on the "Feud" with Mariah Carey":
[iframe http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/watch/The-Ellen-DeGeneres-Show/6745113779070899112/14710339753/Nicki-Minaj-On-Her-Feud-With-Mariah-Carey/embed 580 476]
Lythgoe analyzes the new panel: "I think Nicki is looking for an artist. I think Mariah is looking for the complete singer/songwriter. Randy is looking for somebody that sings on pitch, and Keith isn't just looking for a country star. Keith is looking for an instrumentalist, a good singer, and somebody that can capture that sort of magic charisma, if you will, and connect with the public. They all have their own agendas."
Auditions: Holding auditions in major cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles is a good bet for finding a diamond in a roughly enormous talent pool. But for the folks sprinkled throughout more rural parts of the country, an "Idol" audition bus went out to the meet them. The bus visited 10 cities, heavy on the Midwest, and found some strapping corn-fed talent along the way.
Another new addition to the audition process was "I Nominate"—a chance for friends and family to secretly send in videos of their shy singing relations, and then hopefully humiliate them in a hidden camera situation with Randy Jackson.
Hollywood: The best part of the audition process, Hollywood week gets split in two this year, with one week going to the male contestants and the other to the female contestants.
Semifinals: The judges will do some slashing in Hollywood, but America decides who makes it out of Las Vegas—a new semifinal round in which live voting will solidify a Top 10—not 12, not 13. And to make sure of that, the judges get no Wild Card additions to the lineup.
Explains Lythgoe: "Personally I have never liked a top 11 or a top 12 or a top 13. It was always created in order to fill the transmission times that Fox wanted so we created top 13s and top 12s and gave them a wild card here and let's bring somebody back." This year, by lengthening the pre-competition competition, they've managed to time it out so we can vote on a logical Top 10.
Watch Mariah Carey Discuss "Messy" Moments on "Idol":
[iframe http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/watch/Entertainment-Tonight/4722469647476539112/14013507711/Mariah-On–Messy—Idol–Moments-With-Nicki/embed 580 476]
Mentoring: No, the judges aren't taking on mentoring roles like they have on other shows; in fact, the show is moving away from the celebrity mentor model entirely. Lythgoe said there will be no guest judges this year (though there haven't been any of note since the stellar season 3 that brought Quentin Taratino to the panel). "We're not having any judges; obviously we've got enough with the four that we've got thank you very much," he said.
But what's surprising is that there won't be any celebrity guest mentors, either. Just the wise Jimmy Iovine, along with Lythgoe himself, who coached contestants years ago, and other record producers. "I want to do that again this year and try and give their journey the same journey that they would have had had they had not had this competition but moved in to the music business," Lythgoe said. "The more I can align it to the music business the stronger it is going to be for them and their journey."
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Softies: With the exception of Randy Jackson, who at least tells the kids he doesn't like that they can't sing (if only he didn't like so many bad singers…), the new judges are as easy as Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez and even Ellen DeGeneres. The worst auditions still got a lot of encouraging advice, like Mariah telling one kid he would make a great DJ, Nicki giving out hugs and kisses and admiring their bravery. Wouldn't it be much more humane in the long run to just rip off the Band-Aid now?
Sob Stories: It wouldn't be "Idol" without them. This week, you can look forward to the heartwarming backstory of one contestant's giant foster family, and an astonishing kid who stutters worse than King George VI but miraculously sings clear as day.
Country: People think that by adding Keith Urban to the panel, that "Idol" has suddenly gone country. But it's always been country, argues Lythgoe: "We did country music right from the beginning. Simon Cowell doesn't like country music. I don't think he understands country music. I don't think he understands all the different genres of country music whether it's bluegrass album or country or anything. He just thinks that everything is 'grandma got run over by a reindeer' or whatever it was, you know, and that's his assumption of country music and he always put it down. But we always had it there and we always had good country singers."
Hair: I thought the loss of Steven Tyler to the panel would mean an absence of bird's nests and other accessories adorning the top of a judge's head. Fortunately Nicki Minaj stepped up to the plate, drastically changing her hairdo at least four times in two audition cities, and guaranteeing at least one 'do as a focal point every episode.
Bad Auditions: You didn't think they got old, like, 11 years ago, did you? They're not going anywhere. Although one bad auditioner, at least he has decent taste, picking an awesome song that to my knowledge has never been done on "Idol" before: "Come Sail Away." (Would have made a great Clay Aiken song.) Said auditioner also proved he has awful taste, trying to do Barenaked Ladies.
A few hopes Nigel Lythgoe has for the show going into its 12th season.
Leaderboard: Lythgoe admitted how jealous he was that "The X Factor" introduced the leaderboard of results this past season; it's something he's wanted to do on "Idol" for years. "The one thing I believe about 'American Idol' is everybody else copies 'American Idol,' but yes I thought it was a good move," he said, as he works to figure out a way to copy someone else.
Plans are still not ironed out, however. But he'd like to see something along those lines, or another format where we learn how different parts of the country voted. "We'll still discuss it," he said. "I'm not sure how we'll do it."
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Pitchy: It's been a crutch word for years, invented possibly by Paula Abdul or Randy (it sure as hell was not Simon). But Lythgoe wants to do away with it. "I'm so sick of that remark," he said. And anyway, it doesn't matter whether you're pitchy or not, he said. "It isn't just about the voice and really does it matter if they sing out of tune a little bit because everybody I've ever seen live sings out of tune, even the greatest singers in the world. And of course if you're making a single nowadays they'll auto tune it anyway."
Backstage Gambling: Lythgoe admitted he usually has a favorite singer each year—the one he bets on in the office pool. Apparently, the first season, his bet was on Tamyra Gray. This year, he's hoping to win the $150 pot, "But in truth I don't have a horse in the race and I like to keep it that way."
"American Idol" returns for a twelfth season on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at 8/7c on Fox.