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Published: 2008/12/15
The Latest in Retrospect: New Line-Ups, Releases and Sit-Ins
With more than 75 news stories posted on the site every two weeks, we understand that some of The Latest just flies by before you have a chance to read it. As a result, in response to the suggestion of a few site regulars, every fortnight, we're going to grab a story or two from the preceding two weeks and offer them up right here. Of course, feel free to look back at everything via our news archives.
Alfred Howard & the The K23 Orchestra to Play Their Final Show Friday
Alfred Howard & the The K23 Orchestra will play their final show this Friday. The group, which released its debut album in 2002, has shared the stage with a striking number of bands over the years, including Ozomatli, STS9, Jane's Addiction, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone, the Living Legends, Digable Planets, Antibalas and John Brown's Body, among many others. But, after Friday's show, Howard will turn his attention away from music. "At 30, as a struggling artist, pouring out soul into an empty dive bar, waiting for the stools to learn to applaud, filling up a hundred dollar gas tank and getting paid peanuts, heartache and headache at the end of the night has become very tangible," he wrote in a recent note to his fans. "There have been great shows in midst of slow nights, but those slow nights have taken their toll. These hard times are the large and leaden straw to break this camel's back."
"A million other memories are elusive now, but just as vivid at a different point of recollection," he writes elsewhere. "The pillow I can rest on comfortably and forever, knowing that at least for a time, I lived that dream to the fullest, as a dream, before it fell into something else. Hopefully, we'll see you next year at the O2 Arena or the Hampton Coliseum."
The jazz/funk/soul collective's final show will take place at San Diego's Winston's this Friday, December 5.
The Will Bernard Band featuring Andy Hess, John Medeski, and Stanton Moore
Will Bernard's latest record features the guitarist in the studio setting with a number of celebrated players. John Medeski, Stanton Moore and Andy Hess all joined Bernard on Blue Plate Special, which Palmetto Records issued earlier this fall. While the four musicians initially did not come together to gig in support of the release, it appears that they finally will do so next March. The Will Bernard Band featuring Andy Hess, John Medeski, and Stanton Moore will cross the country for five shows. The group will stop in San Francisco (3/20, SF JAZZ Fest), Los Angeles (3.21, The Roxy), Denver (3/22, The Oriental) Boulder (3/23, Fox Theater) and New York City (3/26, Highline Ballroom) with additional details and ticket information to follow soon.
Mike Gordon Joins Max Creek
On Saturday night at Mill Street Brews in Southbridge MA, Max Creek performed as part of the Wormtown Trading Anniversary Show. Also on hand was Mike Gordon, a longtime fan of Creek, who has tapped the group's Scott Murawski to join him in a number of projects, including Gordon's current group. The Phish bassist stepped out at the beginning of set two, joining Max Creek for versions of "Cruel World" and "Columbus Stockade Blues."
Max Creek will return to Mill Street Brews later this month for a New Year's Eve performance, while Murawski will rejoin Gordon for a four show tour that opens on December 27 in Providence, RI at Lupo's.
Matt Butler Will Lend Percussion To Hot Buttered Rum
Yesterday we reported that Zac Matthews will be stepping away from Hot Buttered Rum. While the band has not yet announced if it intends to add any personnel on a permanent basis, HBR will draw in Matt Butler for many of its upcoming Midwest gigs. Butler (Everyone Orchestra) will contribute drums and percussion to a string of shows that begins on Thursday at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI. Hot Buttered Rum will tour the Midwest through December 13 and then head back to their Bay Area home base for the third annual Nat Keefe Concert Carnival at the Independent on Saturday December 20.
Jason Crosby Announces Departure From Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Jason Crosby joined Robert Randolph & The Family Band back in October 2003 after keyboardist John Ginty left the group. Now Crosby has announced that he will step away from the Family Band to focus on his solo career. He will appear with his group at New York City's Sullivan Hall on December 18 with some additional steady area gigging targeted for the future. While Crosby intends to direct his energies on his solo efforts, he also has indicated that he may pick up some dates with the Blind Boys of Alabama as he has done on occasion over the past year
Steve Bernstein to Join My Morning Jacket on New Year's Eve
Sex Mob slide trumpeter Steve Bernstein will perform with My Morning Jacket on New Year's Eve. As previously reported, My Morning Jacket will ring in 2009 with an "evening with" performance at New York's Madison Square Garden. "It is going to be a sequel to the continual New Year's saga that we started in 2006-2007," Jim James told Jambands.com earlier this year. "So that will be part two of our epic Oregon trial saga. We died and ascended to heaven on the stairway to heaven. Part two will start in heaven and continue onwards."
My Morning Jacket is also expected to pay tribute to Led Zeppelin during the night. While the exact nature of his collaboration is still unknown, Bernstein will likely sit in with the group at various points throughout the night, much like Jeff Coffin did at Bonnaroo this past June.
In addition to his work with Sex Mob and Millennial Terrritory Orchestra, Bernstein has spent a good portion of the last year on the road with the Levon Helm Band. He will join the drummer for a Midnight Ramble this Saturday.
The Zigaboo Modeliste Birthday Bash
On Saturday December 27, Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste will celebrate his 60th birthday. The Meters founding drummer will appear at San Francisco's Cafu Nord where he will be joined by a collection of Bay Area players. Some special guests are pledged for the evening and given the fact that Modeliste has gigged with such artists as Keith Richards and Dr. John over the years, while performers like the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest have sampled his beats, it should be quite an evening. Opening the show will be area musician Bhi Bhiman
The Grateful Dead's Next 'Road Trip'
The next installment in the Grateful Dead's Road Trips series will focus on the group's famed 1990 performances at New York's Madison Square Garden. The Dead returned to MSG for a series of shows from September 14-20, 1990, just two months after the untimely death of storied keyboardist Brent Mydland. While still dealing with the loss of Mydland, the Grateful Dead hired former Tubes keyboardist Vince Welnick and quickly debuted its final lineup in Cleveland on September 7, 1990. Longtime friend Bruce Hornsby also offered his services and joined the group as an auxiliary member for nearly two years, beginning with the second night of the Grateful Dead's Madison Square Garden run on September 15.
With Hornsby playing acoustic piano and accordion and Welnick on keyboards, the Grateful Dead was able to expand its sound and, at times, breakdown into a series of small combos. The meat of Road Trips Volume 2 Number 1 features highlights from the final two show from the Madison Square Garden run, September 19 and 20.
A bonus disc also documents the September 18 show from the Garden, including choice versions of "Foolish Heart," "Eyes of the World," the rare "To Lay Me Down" and "Picasso Moon." Road Trips Volume 2 Number 1 is a companion piece to the 1997 release Dick's Picks Vol. 9, which features the Dead's entire September 16 performance at the Garden.
The Disco Biscuits, Ryan Adams, Public Enemy, Death Cab For Cutie and Bad Brains Among Artists In Diverse Langerado Lineup
Langerado, which bills itself as "Florida's Most Eclectic Music Festival," moves to Miami's Bicentennial Park from March 6-8. This year's installment will remained connected with its jamband roots, with appearances by The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Heavy Pets, Lotus and the Spam Allstars. However, the event certainly will expand its scope in 2009. The seventh annual Langerado Music Festival will include appearances by Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Thievery Corporation (Live), Slightly Stoopid, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Public Enemy, Dashboard Confessional, Matisyahu, George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic, Tortoise and Chromeo. Other participants include seminal hip-hop/punk hybrid Bad Brains, indie-royalty Broken Social Scene,country sensation Zac Brown Band, New Wave punks Against Me!, Daptone exports Budos Band, instrumental experimentalists Tortoise, reggae favorites Steel Pulse, English livetronica mainstays The Egg, rising electronic/dance star Girl Talk and Irish crossovers The Pogues.
This year's festival will draw in a number of rising indie-rock bands, including Ra Ra Riot, Cold War Kids, Cloud Cult, Tigercity Holy F*ck, Black Kids, Tokyo Police Club and The Virgins. Other acts scheduled to appear include Flogging Molly, Cafe Tacuba, Pepper, The Faint, Gym Class Heroes, Tricky, Ozomatli, DeVotchKa, Grupo Fantasma, The Gaslight Anthem, King Khan and the Shrines, Lucero, Murs, Tortured Soul, Rebelution, K'Naan, The Aggrolites, Rachel Goodrich, Blue King Brown, Awesome New Republic, The Postmarks, Suenalo Sound System and Mute Math.
As previously reported, the multi-band event will take place at Miami's Bicentennial Park from March 6-8. Previous festival headlines have included R.E.M., Beastie Boys, Phil Lesh & Friends, Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, Trey Anastasio, the Black Crowes, Cake and Wilco, among many others.
Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard and James Hutchison on NYE in Hawaii
Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann has returned to more active duty over the past year. In addition to his performance at the Change Rocks benefit with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti, he has been gigging in the KBM trio with Oteil Burbridge and Scott Murawski. Kreutzmann is currently back in his home state of Hawaii and he will close out 2008 with shows on December 29 and December 31. The drummer will be joined by Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard (Willie Nelson) and James "Hutch" Hutchison (Bonnie Raitt) for gigs at Charley's in Paia (Monday the 29th) and Voyage East at the Pauwela Cannery in Haiku (Wednesday the 31st).
Wakarusa Relocates to Arkansas
The 6th annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival will take place at Ozark, AR's Mulberry Mountain from June 4-7. The lauded festival decided to leave its longtime home of Lawrence, KS after repeated issues of "profiling" against the festival hippie-leaning audience.
"You can say cowboys are cool and hippies drool, but not if you're behind the state seal of Kansas," promoter Brett Mosiman told a local paper earlier this year. "It is profiling, it is discrimination, it is like saying the black kids can't use the pool."
Tickets will be available from noon tomorrow, December 11, until December 31 for the extremely reasonable price of $79. Past Wakarusa headliners have included Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, String Cheese Incident, Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Gov't Mule, John Mayer and Les Claypool. As previously reported, Wakarusa is also part of the new Festival Alliance.
Warren Haynes Welcomes John Paul Jones, Burbridge and Wilkenfeld, The Lee Boys and The Del McCoury Band To the Pre-Jam
Last evening the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam kicked into action with the Pre-Jam at Asheville, NC's Orange Peel. The night opened with Haynes on acoustic for versions of "Listen to the Lions" and "Wasted Time" before he joined the Larry McCray Band for a few songs, including an invigorating "Broken Promises." The Lee Boy's, fresh off an appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien, appeared next with Haynes also contributing to their set-closer, "Can You Feel It?" The Lee Boys returned to the stage a bit later, at the end of the Del McCoury Band set for "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and "Let's Celebrate." Following a brief animated performance by Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk (with Eric Krasno guesting at the close) Oteil Burbridge and Tal Wilkenfeld stepped up for a dual bass workout. Haynes then returned with John Paul Jones (who earlier had added mandolin to an instrumental with Del McCoury Band), as the pair delivered "Soulshine" and "Going to California"
The night concluded with a climatic set from Gov't Mule. The band initially performed with its current quartet, delivering "I'm a Ram," "Thorazine Shuffle" and "Beautifully Broken." The group then brought out a range of artists for its remaining tunes. "Lovelight" featured Burbridge, Ivan Neville, Ron Holloway and Col. Bruce Hampton. Holloway also contributed to "Sco-Mule" and "Get Out My Life Woman" with Wilkenfeld also appearing on the former tune and Krasno on the latter. John Paul Jones stepped out on bass for "I Can't Quit You Baby," while Audley Freed and Buddy Cage contributed to "Can't You See?" The night closed out with "Cortez the Killer" where Mike Barnes entered the fray as well.


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After $90 Million in incentives from Kasich, American Greetings delays HQ move
Last month we found out Diebold would not be building a new Corporate Headquarters despite receiving tax incentives from the Kasich Administration for exactly that purpose. The massive package of $55 million in tax incentives was touted as one of Kasich's crowning economic development achievements. Master negotiator John agreed to give them everything they wanted, and all Diebold had to do in return was construct their new HQ campus and agree not to lay off more than 20% of its Ohio workforce. The company failed to do both.
This week, Kasich saw another jewel of his economic development crown get tarnished. American Greetings received a whopping $93.5 million in State incentives to move their headquarters from Brooklyn Ohio to Westlake. Shortly after the incentives were announced, the company proceeded to lay off workers and give CEO Zev Weiss a big raise. This week American Greetings announced it too would be delaying the construction of its new headquarters because the CEO and his family members are trying to buy the public company and make it private.
As of this morning, JobsOhio still hasn't pulled down the ad with Weiss praising Kasich for his economic development assistance.
So, what you're saying is that they AREN'T moving at the speed of business?
I'm glad they aren't moving to that sprawl campus at taxpayers' expense. I think in economics they call this "rent seeking."
Jeeez. Once you take the auto industry out of the mix things don't look very good for Johnny Jobs' job numbers. Let's see. Why would't companies be dying move to a state whose governor and legislature can't figure out its school funding, iare hostile toward women, disdain working class people, are anti-gay marriage, would let one of it's major industries go bankrupt, turned down almost a half a billion dollars for high speed rail, engaged in voter supression, intends to sell off valuable state assets, and has confusing and duplicative economic development organizations? Because they don't want these hassles.
So this is not a good thing, right? Oh Governor, what is your next act?
So did you decide to throw this out there the same day it was announced that IBM would hire 500 in Columbus? I'm a Kasick hater but….
Nope. But you bring up a good point. Do you think Kasich planned the IBM announcement today in order to distract from the American Greetings debacle?
Gee since they did not do what the incentives where for, then they should pay the whole 148.5 million back to the state and the state needs to put it into public schools since they took the funding away from schools saying they could not afford to pay them
why am i not surprised? they lie and Kasich's team probably got some…all out for themselves…every penny should come back to the state!
Can we really believe the news that IBM will be hiring 500 in Columbus, or is the announcement just another empty promise from Johnny?
The short answer is no. These are job commitments that may or may not pan out. More importantly, we haven't seen what Kasich has promised IBM to open this center or the terms set by JobsOhio and Development.
How much is it costing the state for these potential 500 jobs? what happens if IBM fails to hire all 500 people? Or if they only hire 20 people? Of if they decide to move the operation to Bangladesh? Do they still get the money?
This is the main problem with JobsOhio and Kasich's strategy for development: the lack of transparency means Ohioans have no information about the massive amount of state money being doled out in deals by the Governor.
Why does this still happen? Since WHEN does this work for ANY community? Every time I see this kind of 'incentive' package put together for some company I cringe! In the end it ALWAYS bites them in the A**!
This doesn't pass the smell test.
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The economics of accusation: Penalty for false DMCA claims is low
Here's how DMCA take-down notices work: Let's say you post a video of a silent, purple, evening rainfall to YouTube under the title "Purple Rain." Big Mean Co. owns the rights to Prince's song of that name and notices your post's title when it does a routine sweep of YouTube. It automatically generates a notice to YouTube saying that you've violated copyright. YouTube takes down the video and notifies you. Being a clever person, you go to ChillingEffects.org and send a counter-notification to YouTube, saying that your title actually has nothing to do with the Prince song. YouTube puts your movie back up.
But, the DMCA – the act that outlines this process – allows you to go further. In order to discourage the Big Mean Companies from using a "when in doubt, send a take-down notice" strategy, papering the YouTubes of the world with millions of false claims, you have the right to bring an action against Big Mean for damages. The question is: What are the guidelines for those damages? Will they be substantial enough to actually discourage Big Mean Companies? Or will they be so trivial that the "when in doubt, send a take-down notice" becomes the economically smart strategy?
Eric Goldman reports that a judge has ruled. Here's my I-am-not-a-lawyer attempt to understand it.
In this particular case, Universal Music sent a take-down claim for a YouTube video of a baby dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." The poster said the video was fair use. The judge agreed. Now the judge has ruled that the poster does not have to prove economic loss in order to get compensated for damages. And, Universal should pay the legal fees for responding to the takedown notice (i.e., telling YouTube that the video actually doesn't infringe on copyright). But, if you decide to go further and sue for damages, it's up to the judge (according to this ruling) to decide if the take-down notice contained "knowing and material" misrepresentations. Eric says, "most judges probably will exercise their discretion favorably towards a winning … plaintiff, but it's not an automatic award." And, if you lose, you could be ordered to pay the defendant's legal fees.
Which means, as far as I can tell, that after you (the poster) get the takedown reversed and sue Big Mean for damages, unless you've suffered actual economic harm, the best you're going to get is coverage of your legal fees (maybe). Plus, if you lose, you may be paying for Big Mean's lawyers' time.
Sounds like a victory for the "when in doubt" strategy and for Big Mean Companies everywhere.
I asked my friend Wendy Seltzer to check my explanation over. She says it's basically right, but adds:
This ruling doesn't change the basic calculation, that plaintiffs' lawyers could take these cases on contingency and win their fees for a successful 512(g) complaint — it's just under a different provision in the Copyright Act. Even regular copyright has a fee-shifting provision different from the standard "American rule" that parties bear their own fees and costs.


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Faux Chateaux a Glut on the Market
(This house was discounted 18% and they threw in a flat screen TV) Earlier this week the Wall Street journal covered Micro-houses; now it covers the decline of the McMansion as a result of a number of factors: Demographics, as the baby boomers look to fund their retirements; Energy Costs- Electricity is up 12% and Gas up 43% in the last five years; speculative mania: "Folks bought megasized houses well beyond their needs to increase their investment in real estate," Gas prices and increases in mortgage rates. We shouldn't say "we told you so" but we told you so. ::Wall Street Journal


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Dear RuPaul,
To say I'm a fan of your show is putting it lightly.
I think, at it's best, RuPaul's Drag Race isn't just the best gay-themed show on TV. It's a place where I feel at home, nestled amongst your queens and effeminate gays. On television, sissy boys are usually the butt of the joke, but on RuPaul's Drag Race, they're skilled comedians and performers. They can give face while being hurled through the air or make a glam jumpsuit of dental floss and tampons. They're divas but more importantly they're icons and role models to those of us who feel that RuPaul's Drag Race is a space for gays like us.
I've long held the belief that what you enjoy can be problematic, but I can't continue to ignore the fact that my joy comes at the expense of others.
Read the rest at The Daily Dot.


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Wrapped Buckle 15mm-5h
15.1mm in inside diameter, 31.3mm in height, 31.7mm in width, and 5mm in thickness.
The pin becomes a shell round pin of the width of 3mm by the standard,
and 2.5mm and 3.5mm pins are also good at the business mind.
The plating of the pin always has the stock by a nickel,
gold, antique gold, a black nickel, and mortar money.
The flat head pin has the stock only by the width of 3mm,5mm,6mm the nickel, and the gold plating.
It curves and it is possible to put it though it is flat in a standard shipment.


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About Us
I love to write about eBay and Amazon, but I am always uncomfortable writing about myself, so I asked my friend, marketing consultant Emerson Brantly to write a short bio about us.
In 1997 Skip and Karen McGrath closed their small antique shop in New York's Hudson Valley, and followed their dream of moving cross-country, to the great Pacific Northwest. They never imagined the incredible changes that would come with this decision. It began innocently enough…after they relocated, their son found he could buy and sell cool comic books online, on something called eBay.
Skip wondered if he could do the same with some of their smaller antiques… the only remnants of their previous family business they had brought with them. He was amazed at the results! Not only did they sell, they brought higher prices than they ever had in the family store! Skip and Karen were hooked! But, like most sellers at the time, they could only fumble along – learning by trial and error, trial and success.
Within a few short months they were Power Sellers, averaging over $5000 a month. Already a host of "eBay gurus" had sprung up, and Skip ordered and read every new guide that came along. He burned up several printers on these quickly-written "e-books," but found them filled with speculation and conjecture, outdated half-truths and often, just plain bad information.
Some authors had simply rewritten eBay's own tutorials, and had little if any significant personal experience on eBay. The ones that did have experience had built their business by selling their e-book! Nevertheless, by the end of their first year, Skip and Karen's had grown their business to over $10,000 a month -- and it kept on growing.
Finally one day, as Skip was ordering yet another "Ultimate eBay Secrets" ebook, Karen told him, "You and I already know more about eBay than most of these people! Instead of wasting money on another book, why not write one yourself!? But if you do, give the people a real BOOK they can actually hold and use, not another dufus download!" Fortunately, Skip listened!
That night he sat down and outlined the book that became, The eBay Power Sellers Manual. He published it as an actual physical manual… even though the first edition was only 70 pages long! The response was immediate: in its first week the Power Sellers Manual sold 40 copies on eBay! Skip continued to add new material to help students grow their businesses, and since 1999 this one book has sold over 5,000 copies.
Skip's next book was for beginners. The Basic Guide To Selling On eBay, followed by the Wholesale Buying System. Each new book reached different levels of eBay sellers to help them take their own "next steps." Today over 25,000 eBayers own Skip's manuals, including many of the top Power Sellers! Thousands of personal testimonials credit Skip's material for teaching them how to grow their business successfully. Almost 35,000 subscribe to the eBay Sellers' News, to stay on top of changes and new opportunities as soon as they are available.
As eBay expands and Skip and Karen's business and reputation continues to grow, he continues to pass on new information, tips, techniques and resources to his students. In 2003, Skip combined his most powerful information into a comprehensive business system, The Complete eBay Marketing System. This all-inclusive System updates ALL previous material and takes it to the next level… helping students grow from Power Sellers to Super Sellers!
Like many, Skip found only frustration whenever he tried to return some of the many lackluster eBay guides he ordered. So early on, Skip determined to back all of his manuals and courses with a No-Questions-Asked, Unconditional 100% Money Back Guarantee that even included shipping costs! It was a risky gamble, but Skip believed in the quality of his courses so much that he was willing to take all the risks on himself. His decision paid off, because since day one Skip has averaged only one-tenth the return rate of most major instructors and trainers nationwide!
Skip and Karen have truly "Been There, Done That!" What's more, they continue to personally grow their eBay business even today. Nowadays, $20,000 - $25,000.00 months are the norm. Their entire family, even their married children, are all part of the family business. Their auctions feature thousands of different items, including famous name brand clothing and accessories, firepits and barbeques, and the EZ Cube Light Tent (which Skip says directly improved his auction photos and increased his average dollar sales!)
They were among the first registered eBay Trading Assistants (allowing them to sell for others on consignment), and in 2004 published How To Start & Run An eBay Consignment Business. With eBay Consignment companies going public and selling $25,000 franchises, this one book lets anybody start and run a serious consignment business, and keep 100% of the profits! They are also honored members of PESA – the Professional eBay Sellers' Alliance, whose membership includes the elite of eBay Power Sellers (some of whom have relied on Skip's courses to guide their growth!)
You can find their auctions under their eBay user name Mcgrrrrr, and on most days if you call the office, either Skip or Karen will answer the phone. Apart from the "autopilot income" eBay generates for his family, Skip often says his greatest pleasure in this business is the knowledge that he has made life better for thousands of people! Then he adds, with a wink, "And I have Karen to thank for that, too!"
But Skip and Karen are not just about eBay. In 2006 Skip began selling on Amazon and last Holiday season Amazon rewarded him as one of their top 10 sellers for the Christmas Holiday season from November 15th to December 24th. Today Skip and Karen list and sell over 900 products on Amazon in addition to their eBay business.
Our Websites, an Internet Adventure
As you can see, Karen and I wouldn't presume to coach you on things we haven't tried ourselves. We're involved in just few websites and they're not all about online selling either! We love BBQ and so we started a site that sells firepits. We've learned a lot with that website! We've also made websites directed at seniors, people making money with affiliate programs, eBay coaching and table-top light tents. And of course, I've got a blog and a Facebook page.
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the pastChoose one of the following categories: history, wars,or view the best beliefs in this section as voted by visitors. Here are the ten most recently added beliefs:
I got the 1990s and 1900s mixed up, so I thought people wore that fancy old-fashioned garb in the 1990's.
When i was a boy i used to believe at the time of
black and white,i believed the people live in black and white
I used to believe in a sudden end of the world
I used to believe that my grandparents' world was in black and white.
Fortunately, the first time my grandpa mentioned "guerrillas" in Central America to me, he explained that they "weren't like gorillas at the zoo", they were people, and it was spelled differently, so I didn't have that confusion.
But when I heard someone mention "guerrilla tactics" in a cartoon, I thought it meant fighting like a gorilla-- beating your chest and all of that.
When I was little, no one wanted to tell me about the concept of war and what is actually is, which is, let's face it, a bunch of people killing each other over things that were way too complicated for a kid to know anyway. So I thought that war was more like a fight and no one actually had to die. I visualized it like a martial arts tournament and the two sides would fight and then when someone cried "uncle!" it was over in a match, so no one really got hurt and after they counted up the score of winds and loses, it was over. As an advocate for standing up for yourself, I didn't understand why people weren't having these perfectly civilized competitions more often to solve their problems. Even when someone told me that war is about killing everyone on the other side and showed me a picture of a US soldier with a gun in his arm, at first I was confused. "But if everybody kills each other, there won't be any winners or losers, just dead people." Oh man I wish I had been right all along.
every time I see a black and white movies or documents on TV, I used to think that back in the day everything was black and white. and I was so glad that I wasn't born in those times. and I would say to myself I love the sun I love colors and would feel bad for all people who lived back then without seeing the sun or any colors.
When I was younger, I used to think that a long time ago a people lived in black and white
I used to believe that all autobiographies ended in a string of gibberish because I only ever read biographies of dead people so I assumed that an account of the subject's death was a necessary part of a biography and there was no way someone writing an autobiography would be able to get out the full account of their own death before collapsing at their keyboard.
I used to believe that the salvation army was an actual army.
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South Carolina —"This is absolutely nothing to do with race," says Ray, a Tea Party activist explaining why he still resents Governor Nikki Haley's decision to remove the Confederate flag from the State Capitol grounds. One thing I learned early growing up in the South is that it is always about race. So I was not at all surprised when Ray, lest anyone misconstrue his concern with governmental overreach, elaborates: "If they can make us take down the Confederate flag today, they can make us take down all those statues of Martin Luther King tomorrow."
I spent a week in South Carolina in January, driving from the north coast to the Georgia border, and while I saw statues of John C. Calhoun (secessionist and slave owner), Wade Hampton (secessionist and slave owner), Ben Tillman (ardent segregationist), and Strom Thurmond (ditto), as well as memorials to Robert E. Lee and the Confederate war dead, I didn't see a single statue of King. So in reading what follows, the safest policy is to assume that whatever the topic, it is also, always, about race—especially when it isn't supposed to be.
South Carolina is a state built on denial and silence. Nobody tells you that the pristine wildlife sanctuaries scattered throughout the Lowcountry were once rice plantations whose earthen dikes and sluice gates were constructed using slave labor. Or that the Citadel—the state-funded military academy in Charleston, which boasts that its cadets "fired the first hostile shots of the Civil War"—gets its name from an arsenal built in response to a slave revolt led by Denmark Vesey, a carpenter who'd purchased his freedom after winning the lottery. Or that in 2015, more than 60 years after the Brown decision (which included a South Carolina case), segregation in the state's schools remains the rule rather than the exception.
And it's not just the schools. Walking down King Street in Charleston, you see very few black faces. There are parts of the city where the demographics would be reversed, but those are steadily shrinking under the pressure of gentrification, to the point that even Emanuel AME Church—Vesey was one of its founders; his son Robert rebuilt the church, which was razed after his father's trial and execution—is now surrounded by the city's expanding white middle class.
Yet in the cracked mirror of race, it is whites in South Carolina who say they are oppressed—beaten down by political correctness and the heavy hand of Washington. Only in a state where everyday reality remains separate and unequal would the refusal to expand Medicaid make political—if not economic or moral—sense. While the days of "colored" and "white" drinking fountains may be long gone, political party has become such a reliable proxy for race here that it may come as a shock to learn that the state's Republican junior senator, Tim Scott, is black. In 2013, Scott came to Myrtle Beach and told the Tea Partiers, "I know you're not racist…. It's the other side that plays favorites."


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The following is a partial transcript of the June 27, 2008, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":
"FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: And hello again from FOX News in Washington. Well, with Barack Obama back last night from his trip across the Middle East and Europe, it's time to review where the presidential campaign stands now.
For answers, we turn to two key supporters who are both on the list of possible running mates — Senator John Thune, who supports McCain, and Senator Claire McCaskill, who's backing Obama.
And welcome back to "FOX News Sunday."
SEN. JOHN THUNE, R-S.D.: Nice to be with you, Chris.
SEN. CLAIRE MCCASKILL, D-MO.: Hi, Chris.
WALLACE: Obama's trip highlighted the differences between him and McCain on Iraq, especially on the question of the troop surge. And here's how McCain described that difference this week.
JOHN MCCAIN: I had the courage and the judgment to say that I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Senator Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign.
WALLACE: Senator McCaskill, what did you think of that comment?
MCCASKILL: I think it's a little over the top. And frankly, I think John McCain knows it's over the top. Barack Obama has had a very constant and consistent message on Iraq, and that is in order to keep our nation secure, we have to have a broader view. It's not just about what's going on in Iraq.
And the interesting thing is the American people agree with him. The Iraqi people agree with him. This week we learned that the leader of the Iraqi government agrees with him. And even President Bush is beginning to sound like he's ready for a timetable for us to get out of Iraq.
At this point, only John McCain is out there almost by himself in terms of the leadership of the two countries.
WALLACE: Senator Thune, we're going to get to this question of timetables in a minute, but I want to go back to that statement.
McCain is saying and has repeated that, in effect, Obama is putting his own personal political ambition over the nation's security. Whatever happened to the politics of civility?
THUNE: Well, John McCain has his own way of saying things, but I think he was putting a fine point, Chris, on this pattern that Senator Obama has of making decisions that are predicated on political conditions back here at home rather than security conditions on the ground in Iraq. And I think what you saw this week were some examples of that.
And I don't — I think his positions have been anything but consistent. He is evolving now — there's a story as we speak running right now that Senator Obama is now saying that any residual force that's left in Iraq will be based upon security conditions on the ground, the very exact position that Senator McCain has been taking for some time.
And I think that it points to a lack of judgment and experience when it comes to dealing with these types of important issues.
And Senator McCain's leadership on this issue — going out, supporting the surge — Senator Obama opposed it, opposed funding it, and as recently as this week had a hard time explaining to people why he couldn't be for it even though he acknowledged the great results and progress that it's achieved.
WALLACE: Senator McCaskill, that's exactly where I wanted to go with you. Obama said on this trip that even knowing what he does now, he still would have opposed the surge 18 months ago. Here's how he explained it.
BARACK OBAMA: You don't know what would have happened if I — if the plan that I put forward in January 2007 to put more pressure on the Iraqis to arrive at a political reconciliation, to begin a phased withdrawal — what would have happened had we pursued that strategy.
WALLACE: Why can't Obama just admit he was wrong about the surge?
MCCASKILL: Well, first of all, he has said that he salutes the troops and our military leaders for what they have done tactically.
But in terms of a strategy, you know, he was against this war when it was not politically expedient to be against the war. He was against this war when, in fact, it was politically difficult to be against this war. He has been constant.
We have two mindsets. One is let's get out as carefully and as quickly as we can. The other is let's stay regardless of what the Iraqi government says, regardless of what the American people want and regardless, Chris, of the other considerations around the globe.
WALLACE: But, Senator McCaskill, let's look at what Obama said on January 10th, 2007, and we're going to put it up. That's the night that President Bush announced the surge.
"I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse." Clearly, the surge didn't hurt. It helped.
MCCASKILL: Well, we — first of all, there are some things about the surge that did help, but there were other considerations, Chris, as John McCain freely admits.
The fact that the Sunni "awakening" occurred up in Anbar — that happened before the surge, and that was a key ingredient to the additional security that we see in Iraq.
WALLACE: Let me just ask a simple question. Did the surge help?
MCCASKILL: I think the surge helped, but it wasn't a silver bullet, because you know what? We've got more troops in now than we had before the surge. We're still borrowing $2 billion a week from China. We still do not have the troops we need in Afghanistan.
We still have domestic needs that are going unmet because of this myopic view and the fact that we're pinned down in Iraq. And Barack Obama is going to get us out of there. John McCain will not.
WALLACE: Senator Thune?
THUNE: Well, I think that what you have to make here, Chris — there is a critical distinction between ending a war and winning a war. And Senator Obama has been intent on ending a war no matter what the consequences.
Senator McCain has said consistently that we need to win this war, which is why he advocated the surge, which was an unpopular position in this town at the time, and we've seen now incredible gains, incredible results, all of which could be reversed if we don't do this right.
But I think if you look at the recent stories that have been out, it's been a remarkable success. Civilian casualties are down 80 percent. Senator Obama still refuses to acknowledge the basic fact of the success and result and progress and gains that have been made as a result of the surge.
WALLACE: On the other hand, Senator Thune, let's pick up on what Senator McCaskill pointed out. All sides do seem to be moving in the direction of Obama's timetable of getting combat troops out by 2010.
Prime Minister Maliki endorsed that idea this week. President Bush is talking about time horizons, when he refused to talk about dates, and let's take a look at what John McCain had to say about this question just on Friday. Here it is.
MCCAIN: I think it's a pretty good timetable as we should — or horizons for withdrawal. But they have to be based on conditions on the ground.
WALLACE: Senator Thune, going — isn't — going forward, isn't there a consensus forming around the Obama timetable of 2010?
THUNE: I think what there's a consensus forming around, at least with Senator McCain, with General Petraeus, with a lot of the Iraqi leadership, is that it needs to be conditioned-based.
We wouldn't be having this discussion today were it not for the fact that John McCain, against a lot of popular and public opinion in this town, took the position that we needed to get additional troops on the ground and advocated for the surge.
The reason we're having...
WALLACE: But he wasn't even willing to talk about any timetable or any dates at all. Now he's saying 2010 sounds like a pretty good timetable.
THUNE: Well, I think — I think the reason he's able to talk about that, the reason we're even having this discussion, and that Senator Obama can have this discussion, and that President Bush can have this discussion, is because it's been so successful.
And the conditions on the ground now permit a discussion about, OK, when can we start withdrawing U.S. troops. It has been a masterful success for our men and women in uniform. But more importantly, it gives us an opportunity now to actually talk about drawing down some of our troop levels there.
WALLACE: Senator McCaskill, what about this idea of conditions- based? How flexible is Obama about his 16-month timetable? Is it set in stone or are those basically — 16 months — goals?
MCCASKILL: As he has said over and over again, it is a goal. But he will set the mission as the commander in chief.
And you know, it's interesting, Chris, that his judgment on foreign policy seems to not only be leading the pack in terms of a timetable in Iraq, but also in Afghanistan.
And here you have him coming out and saying, "We've got to move more troops into Afghanistan. The threat is there. We took our eye off the ball. We must get 10,000 troops back in Afghanistan." And watch what happens. He makes that pronouncement, and everyone begins to coalesce behind his judgment.
I think what he has shown this week is not only does he have the judgment necessary, he also has the confidence to lead our nation on the global stage.
WALLACE: Let me ask you about another question of judgment, Senator McCaskill. Did Obama make a mistake in canceling his trip to visit the wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany?
Let's take a look first, before you answer, at the new television ad McCain has put out going after Obama.
NARRATOR: He voted against funding our troops, and now he made time to go to the gym but canceled a visit with wounded troops. It seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras. John McCain is always there for our troops.
WALLACE: Senator McCaskill, the Pentagon says Obama could have visited those troops in the hospital at Landstuhl if had just gone by himself as a U.S. senator and not brought any campaign staff. Why didn't he do it?
MCCASKILL: Barack Obama chose to be on the Veterans Committee when he came to Washington. He could have been on any committee he wanted to be on.
He was the first senator to file the wounded warrior legislation to take care of our wounded at Walter Reed. He goes to Walter Reed, Chris, without cameras. He doesn't take cameras.
He made, I think, a very wise judgment when he decided once he left the congressional delegation part of his trip, it was a political trip. And he wanted to make sure that he never played political football with wounded soldiers.
Now, the most disappointing thing about this ad is that it's beneath John McCain, because he's playing political football with wounded soldiers, and I think he's caught the disease that sometimes rages around here, and it's called "I'll say or do anything to be president," including an unnecessary character attack.
This is not fair to those wounded soldiers. Barack was told that because he was no longer on the congressional delegation part of his trip, it would be considered political, and there's a very bright line...
WALLACE: Well, no. He was told he could go by himself.
MCCASKILL: He could go by himself, but it would still be political because he was there as a candidate, not as a senator, and he wanted...
WALLACE: That's not what the Pentagon says, Senator.
MCCASKILL: Well, no. It was definitely political because he was — the trip was being paid for by the campaign.
WALLACE: I understand, but they said his plane could land at Landstuhl and that — or Ramstein and that he could go in by himself.
MCCASKILL: After the specter of the fact that he was politically campaigning at that point in time of the trip, after that was raised, he wanted to be ultra-cautious.
There is a bright line about using wounded troops for political purposes. And let me just tell you this, Chris. I'm confident of one thing. Had he gone, they would have criticized that. They would have said, "How dare he use wounded troops as a political prop?"
So no matter what he did — it's like, you know, for months, "Go to Iraq." He goes to Iraq. "How dare he go to Iraq?" I mean, this is really the game that's being played and, frankly, it shows that the McCain campaign is having trouble.
WALLACE: Let's bring in the McCain campaign.
Senator Thune?
THUNE: Well, look. It was his first trip to Afghanistan. You talked about Afghanistan. McCain's been there four times. Senator Obama's never held a hearing on Afghanistan even though he chairs the relevant subcommittee.
And with respect to the trip to the military hospital, that could have occurred. He could have gone by himself. I mean, this was a flashbulb-type tour, a photo-op tour, if you will.
And if he had wanted to visit the troops, he certainly could have done that, and he could have done it without the entourage of press that was accompanying him.
I think it is a distinction that can be made. Senator McCain, when he's traveled over there, has visited that hospital. I visited that hospital when I've been over there.
I think it's a — it's an important point about this trip that people need to take into consideration when they evaluate the trip. You know, it's getting lots of great — there was great photos, great imagery and that sort of thing, but at the end of the day, you had a trip where Senator — David Petraeus disagreed with Senator Obama.
You had a trip where he was trying to explain why he couldn't now — before the surge, even though it had been effective and worked, and you have a trip where he neglected to visit the — our wounded warriors.
WALLACE: Let me ask you real quickly, because we're beginning to run out of time, respond, if you will, to Senator McCaskill's charge that it is McCain now who is using the wounded soldiers for politics.
THUNE: Oh, come on. I mean, get serious. John McCain has generations of service to this country. John McCain has sacrificed enormously, as has his family, for this country. To suggest for a minute that he is — that just — that is just — is laughable.
I think the important point here is this is about judgment. It's about experience. It's about how you make decisions.
Senator Obama made a decision not to visit the military hospital, and I think people, when it comes to the election this fall, are going to evaluate these candidates based upon their judgment and based upon their experience.
WALLACE: All right. With the time left, we have to play the vice presidential game, because both of you have been mentioned by the, quote, "Great Mentioner."
Senator Thune, if John McCain asks you to be his running mate, what will you say?
THUNE: Hypothetical question. I'm not going to — I'm not prepared to answer that question. I don't think that's going to happen. I think that you've looked at the...
WALLACE: But if he asks you, you'd say yes, wouldn't you?
THUNE: Well, obviously, you don't rule anything out in this profession. But it's certainly not anything I aspire to. I like the job I have. I'm trying to solve energy problems for the country right now in the United States Senate, which is...
WALLACE: Simple question, not a hypothetical — have you been asked to turn over personal information to the campaign?
THUNE: I have not.
WALLACE: Senator McCaskill, if Obama asks you to run with him, what will you say?
MCCASKILL: Well, I'm honored to be mentioned. Let me tell you, I'm going to do something that people don't do around Washington very often. I think you're not supposed to do this. I think anybody in Washington would be thrilled to be asked to be vice president.
WALLACE: So you'd say yes.
MCCASKILL: Well, you know, I would like to meet somebody who wouldn't. If they're saying they wouldn't, I don't think that they are being as candid or as up front with the American people as probably they should be.
WALLACE: I hope you'll be as candid as Senator Thune was. Have you been asked to turn over personal information to the campaign?
MCCASKILL: I have not.
WALLACE: Finally, would it cause problems within the Democratic Party for Obama to pick any woman other than Hillary Clinton?
MCCASKILL: Oh, I — you know, listen. Here's the bottom line. If you look at all the polling, the much vaunted problems that Obama was going to have with working-class people, with people that don't have a college education, with women, with Hispanics, you don't hear a lot of talking heads talking about those issues anymore because it's simply not true.
Hillary Clinton has done a wonderful job helping unite our party. She gets all the credit for doing the right things, saying the right things. I think we're going to be fine with women.
WALLACE: With or without Hillary Clinton.
MCCASKILL: With or without Hillary Clinton.
WALLACE: Senator McCaskill, Senator Thune, thank you both. Thanks so much for coming in. Please come back, both of you.
MCCASKILL: Thank you.
THUNE: Thanks, Chris.


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It's painfully clear Americans are still hurting financially. Jobless claims are far too high if we're actually in any kind of meaningful recovery. Penalty withdrawals from 401(k) plans have been increasing, not shrinking. Mortgage rates are hitting 40-year lows with regularity and we still can't find a pulse in the housing industry.
If there was a magic wand that would sharply raise incomes or reduce expenses, we'd be out there waving like mad. But that doesn't mean there aren't ways to cut and stretch. If you can afford it, give yourself some transition time to get used to spending cuts. Some will come at too steep a price in terms of your quality of life. But others may be painless, and you'll never look back.
1. Know where your money goes. This is my Number One Obvious Idea that many people don't follow. How can you possibly know how to save money if you don't know what you spend it on? There are a growing number of online budgeting sites to help you. Use one, or do this yourself. Whatever you've been spending each month, try cutting it by 5 percent. Then cut it by another 5 percent the following month. Keep it up if you can, and put the savings in the bank or pay down debts.
2. Make a grocery list and don't stray. Once you've tracked household spending, you will see how much you spend at the supermarket. What's less clear is that you also probably spend a lot of money on stuff you don't need. In our house, we began downsizing our grocery spending by seeing what we were throwing out and the items that had freezer burn and should have been tossed. This helped sensitize us to unnecessary purchases. (My mom passed away nearly 30 years ago and I can still remember her hollering at me about wasting food.) We also save money by making fewer runs to the store. Our greatest savings come when we make a weekly meal plan, create a shopping list for that plan, and then buy nothing but what's on that list.
3. Mothball a car. If your household has two cars, try leaving one in the garage for a month. See how it affects your life. With a modest amount of planning, a lot of households might be able to make do with a single car. Once you've determined that you can do likewise, sell the second car, bank the money, and also begin enjoying lower bills for auto insurance, gasoline, and maintenance.
4. Try free phone service. I've bought and used the MagicJack service, which is the most popular of its type. You order a small device — perhaps an inch and a half by three inches and about an inch thick — and it connects to your home computer. The software that launches when you connect the device provides easy-to-follow instructions. MagicJack also links from the computer to your existing phone set. So, you are making your phone calls over the Internet but using a regular telephone to do so. I've found the audio quality higher than with products that require separate headphones and microphones. And picking up the phone is such a long-ingrained habit that there didn't seem to be much to learn. You do need to get a new local phone number, which Magic Jack will provide at no extra charge.
After the initial fee, there is no charge for domestic phone calls. This switch can easily save you hundreds of dollars a year. Think about keeping your existing phone line for a transition period in case MagicJack or a similar device doesn't meet your needs. If you like the MagicJack and also have a cell phone, if could make sense to cancel your home land line and switch your home phone number to your cell. You'd lose your existing cell number but you'd at least be able to keep your old home number.
5. Trim television services. Hey, I love my cable, and millions others love their satellite dishes. But if the times demanded, I would wave goodbye to a bundle of monthly cable charges. I'd also be in mourning during football season but I'd survive. I would install a digital antenna. And I'd begin making much heavier use of free online video sites that the networks and other providers offer.
6. Recheck insurance rates. A year ago, I went out shopping to explore replacing all my insurance coverages. I wound up saving a bundle. When you've had your auto, home, life, and other insurance policies in place for several years, it's easy to forget what I call "creepage" — those annual bump-ups in premiums. They really add up after a while. And while constantly rising health insurance rates may make it seem like premiums can only move in an upward direction, that's not true. When you do shop around, you also may discover that your coverage needs have changed. If your cars are the same ones you had five years ago, for example, you probably don't need as much collision insurance as you once did.
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Choosing from the four remaining finalists, viewers* selected 19-year-old Melanie Moore as the victor of Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance last night. It couldn't have hurt Moore's cause that a few weeks ago, she earned the utmost respect of Lady Gaga following her performance of "Total Eclipse of the Heart." "Listen, you are my favorite in this competition," Gaga told her. "And I would hire you tomorrow to dance on my tour, all around the world." [People] *This post has been changed to show it is the audience, not judges, who pick the winner on SYTYCD.


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Clay Strauss Jenkinson, of Bismarck, North Dakota, has devoted his professional career to public humanities programs. His undergraduate work was done at the University of Minnesota and he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
Jenkinson is a co-founder of the modern Chautauqua movement, portraying Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt and other historical characters in first-person interpretations. He has been honored by two presidents for this work. In 1989, he received from President George Bush one of the first five Charles Frankel Prizes, the National Endowment for the Humanities highest award (now called the National Humanities Medal. In 1994, he was the first public humanities scholar to present a program at a White House-sponsored event when he portrayed Thomas Jefferson at a gathering hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton. When award-winning humanities documentary producer Ken Burns turned his attention to Thomas Jefferson, he asked Clay Jenkinson to be the major humanities commentator. Jenkinson has also performed as Thomas Jefferson on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
In 2008, Clay became the director of The Dakota Institute through The Lewis & Clark, Fort Mandan Foundation, to further expand his humanities programs with documentary films, symposiums and literary projects. He is also the founder and Chief Consultant for the Theodore Roosevelt Center and Scholar-in-Residence at Dickinson State University, conducts an annual lecture series for Bismarck State College, and writes a weekly column for the Bismarck Tribune. Today, he is best known for his syndicated radio program, "The Thomas Jefferson Hour," in which he portrays the third President of the United States. You can listen to it on public radio or through ITunes.
- Wednesday, March 28, 2012: The Character of Meriwether Lewis: Explorer In The Wilderness
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A lonely desert highway stretched out for miles, the sun's setting, you're tired. A neon vacancy sign flickers on the road side. You pull in but realize your only four songs deep into Lost Vegas Hiway, even though it's the 4th time through. You check your face in the rear view and spit a little gravel on the road. The faint sounds of Jeff Mix and The Songhearts fade into the crisp night air. The motel manager watches as your taillights fade into the distance, he closes the window and slides back down into his worn office chair.
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Caitlin FitzGerald is an American television and film actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Libby Masters on the Showtime historical drama "Masters of Sex."
Caitlin FitzGerald was born in Camden, Maine and comes from a long line of family members with historically interesting occupations. For starters, her paternal grandfather Desmond FitzGerald was the former deputy director of the CIA during the Kennedy administration, while her aunt Frances FitzGerald won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism. As for her immediate family, her father is the ex-CEO of ContiGroup and the founder of Ducktrap River Fish Farm Inc., while her mother Pam Allen co-wrote the book "Knitting for Dummies." They split up when she was young, eventually adding two half-brothers to her family of two siblings.
It was also as a child that Caitlin first started to develop her love of acting, with her very first stage acting role as Bessie the Cow in the Camden Civic Theatre production of "Jack and the Beanstalk." As an adult, she went on to graduate from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she also spent time studying drama at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Along with this, she also practiced Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Once Caitlin made her way onto the Hollywood scene in 2008, the television and film roles began to flow in at a steady pace. Soon, she was guest starring on series ranging from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to "Gossip Girl," the latter of which she was given a part that expanded to multiple episodes. Of course, Caitlin's most famous role to date is arguably that of Libby Masters on the Showtime drama "Masters of Sex," which she attained in 2013 and continued to star in for multiple seasons.


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Dear Me, It?s You: I Hear We?ve Been Diagnosed with Bipolar
By Rebecca Lombardo, NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
May 17, 2017
Dear Me,
I know you?ve been through a lot in the short amount of time you?ve been on this earth. I know you?re keeping secrets and I know you?re scared and confused. It?s okay for you to feel that way. It?s okay to have a bad day or even many bad days. You?re allowed. And please know that I?m not trying to scare you when I say that you?re going to have a lot of bad days.
Unfortunately, what they?ve just diagnosed you with isn?t going to go away and it?s not just some phase. You have a disease?kind of like how diabetes is a disease. It?s just that yours is a disease of the mind, and it?s often highly unpredictable.
You have bipolar disorder. I guess that explains a lot.
You?ll have to deal with this for the rest of your life, and I need you not to panic. You have a lot of work to do. You?re about to attempt to win a battle inside your brain every single day for the rest of your life. Sometimes, all you?ll be able to do is sleep and sometimes you won?t sleep for days. You?ll see doctor after doctor and try what will seem like 1,000 medications, but in between all of that, there will be good times. Your life is not over?it?s just beginning.
There are millions of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It seems like nearly every day a celebrity comes forward to admit that they have struggled with it, just to let us know we can still achieve greatness. You can and will get through this with grace and dignity, even if you stumble a bit at first trying to find your path.
The worst part about being diagnosed with a mental health condition is the ignorance and stigma you?ll face daily. There will be people who will walk out of your life or treat you like trash because you have a disease of the mind. A disease you didn?t ask for or contract doing something unsafe or illegal?it?s just how your brain is wired. But some people may never understand that or even believe it, no matter how hard you try to explain it.
Don?t let their ignorance tear you down. You have enough work to do just fighting the negative voices in your head. You will struggle, there is no question about that. Unfortunately, at times the pain will seem unbearable, and it will get to you no matter how steady you think you are. That is when it is the easiest to give up, but you can?t do that. Not now. Not ever.
Please, whatever you do, don?t hurt yourself in any way. You may feel alone at times, but you are never truly alone in this fight. There is always a light around the corner. There is always tomorrow.
Despite your struggles, there will be moments where you shine. And in time, when you?re more self-aware, your bad days will only amplify the good. You?ll learn to appreciate those moments even more because you fought to get there. I promise you: You can do this.
You won?t have all the answers all the time, but in time, you will learn what works for you and what doesn?t. It will be a struggle, but if you weren?t a fighter, you wouldn?t be here now. I?ll be here waiting.
Rebecca Lombardo is 44 years old and has been happily married for 15 years. She lives in Michigan with her husband and cats. She is a published author, a Huffington Post blogger, contributor for The Mighty, and a podcast host. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 19. She has battled that as well as several other conditions for over 20 years. In 2013, she attempted suicide. Grateful that she survived, she decided to tell her story in the hopes that she could help others choose a different path.


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When you talk about the best burgers in the Twin Cities you will often hear about Matt's, The Nook, The 5-8 Club, even the Bulldog and Blue Door Pub. What seems to be off of a lot of lists is Lions Tap. I know it's been given it's just do in the past but it seems lately most publications are hitching their wagon to funkier more pretentious burger joints as of late. Maybe it's their lack of burger options? Maybe it's their out of the way location? Maybe they don't offer, what seems to be a Twin Cities must have, a Juicy Lucy? Whatever the reason there are a few of us food lovers who recognize Lions Tap as being one of the best burger joints around.
The Lions Tap uses 80/20 beef in their burgers. Which means it is 80% lean with 20% fat. The high fat content makes for some of the greasiest yet tastiest burgers around. And to be honest even though I was told 80/20, I wouldn't be surprised if it was 75/25 because these burgers ooze fat like no other, and that's okay with me. They season their burgers with the "Lions Tap Famous Seasoning" which you can purchase if you like. I have never bought any, afraid that if it makes my homemade burgers taste just as good I will soon be on the TV show ,Help Save My One Ton Son, which would only be cool if Richard Simmons came to my house and I could bury my head into his super fluffy hair a weep about my hugeness. I'm not gay, but touching Richard Simmon's hair is on my life's to-do list. That and holding a baby monkey.
Back on topic…I went with the double bacon cheese burger. Lions Tap cooks all of their burgers to medium (pink in the center) unless told otherwise. The bacon, American cheese, famous seasoning, and high fat content all come together to form one of the best burgers I have ever tasted. It is extremely salty and if you're anything like me, that's a good thing. The fries are crinkle cut and barely worth mentioning. Do yourself a favor and just get another burger and leave the fries for the kiddies to fill up on.
Overall, Lions Tap serves one hell of a good burger…and that's the bottom line because the Food Bros said so! *Stone Cold Steve Austin Voice
Disclaimer: After we leave a restaurant we do our reviews independent of each other and do not read the others until they are going to be posted. So there may be some repeated themes/ideas in our reviews.
The Food Bros have been going to Lions Tap for a long time for its great no-nonsense juicy burgers and it seems whenever I bring it up in a conversation with people, they either love it or hate it. Even before I wrote this I went on urbanspoon.com and looked at other peoples reviews and I am stunned by all the hate. So what is it people? They don't have brie or a soft boiled egg with foie gras and crème fraiche? Is that it? Do you really need all that crap to ever enjoy a burger? I sure don't, I want to taste beef, fresh ground juicy damn beef. Who's with me?
Don't get me wrong I have tried and enjoyed many different types of burgers but what is wrong with the basics especially when they are done so right as Lions Tap has done for years. I always get a double cheese burger with fried onions. Sure its $7 but where can you really go now and get a quality burger for less anymore? Sorry people but prices go up, try going and buy a pound of beef anymore for less than $4 or $5 if you can it's probably old and I wouldn't want to eat it. I thoroughly enjoy my burger here each and every time; its juicy, cooked perfectly medium, the seasoning is amazing, the cheese is melty and plentiful and the onions are fried perfectly. C'mon now people what is wrong with you that you can't enjoy this?
Ok I admit the fries here are nothing but a distraction or just can be used to catch all the juicy goodness leaving your burger as you eat but they don't bother me at all. After we were done eating we noticed the have their own beers now also, a little checking found they are brewed in Minnesota by Cold Spring Brewery just for them, so next time I will definitely be trying one out.
Lions Tap holds a spot in my top burgers and I don't see it leaving anytime soon. So get over all the hate and pretentiousness going on right now and just go enjoy a great damn burger.