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Along with many vidiots my age, television was the teat that nurtured us all, and I was less weaned than most. I recall "discovering" the Beatles on a Smothers Brothers show from October 1968 (which I recently re-watched, spotting a then-unknown Steve Martin). I immediately bought any and every magazine that featured their likenesses -- no small stack of reading material -- and immersed myself for the first time in abject fandom (well, aside from my short-lived obsession with the Banana Splits).
At first, I was a Ringo fan -- I think I related to the fact that he'd been small and sickly as a child -- and for Christmas 1970 my folks got me a drum kit. Just a little three-piece with a saucer-sized cymbal, a foot-shaped drum pedal, and a photo of three very Brady kids fronting the bass drum. (Temporary madness on my parents' part.) There are photos of me "playing" these '70s skins that day, as well as pics of me dressed in an army suit with a net-covered combat helmet, destined to wind up on A Current Affair or Court TV after I become famous or notorious for Lord knows what.
By Christmas '71, I was into rock, and I was into the counterculture. I may not have actually smoked pot or had sex or flipped off a pig yet, but I'd been reading about all that stuff in subversive magazines like Mad, National Lampoon, Playboy, among others that probably shouldn't have been so easy for me to get my 11-year-old hands on. The Beatles provided the sound track to that Christmas, with my gifts comprising a collection of Fab Four albums and 45s I didn't already own. The band had split up, and that was all we talked about among my many Beatleholic friends (this was the first time my family had lived in one place long enough for me to accumulate something as exotic as friends!).
I remember tears in my eyes listening to "The End" on Abbey Road, knowing it was probably the last new Beatles song I'd ever hear. I felt swept up in emotions when I first heard John and Yoko sing "Merry Xmas, War Is Over (If You Want It)." The next holiday, when I received Lennon-style eyeglasses under the tree, I wore them with the faux army gear (snug, but still a fit), so I'd look just like John's character in How I Won the War (which I knew of but didn't see until the early-'80s advent of home video).
At 20, I was off on my own, 3000 miles away in San Diego, when the holidays rolled around. In early December 1980, I went to a showing of Fantasia, which I (an aspiring animator) had never seen. Sitting there in the big old Cinerama widescreen in Mission Valley, I was awed by the incredible achievement of the animators and blown away by the symphonic sound. It was as if I was seeing magic unfold right before my eyes, a handmade creation birthed in the minds of the artists, musicians, and magicians and brought directly to life through the animators' fingers and onto the movie screen. It almost seemed a Christmas miracle to my jaded sensibilities, to be so enthralled, to catch a passing wisp of magic. I wanted to go on holding it, if for just a short while. I sat through two showings.
After daylight broke over Bald Mountain, with my imagination still reeling and my mind fucked, I walked out of the theater, and the magic fell away.
Everyone in the parking lot had their radios turned up and were walking around as if dazed, talking and crying. The DJ was saying that John Lennon had been shot and killed. Nothing I found under the tree that Christmas could cheer me up.
Every year since, I dream of John Lennon on Christmas Eve. Sometimes we jam, once in a while he performs just for me or for a handful of people (a few times reunited with you know who). On occasion I interview him — Everything I Ever Wanted to Know About Lennon but He Was Too Dead to Ask — and once we hung out together at a Pink Floyd concert (John thought Dave Gilmour looked "like a fookin' well-fed wanker!").
No doubt, this Christmas Eve I'll dream about that most influential of dreamers again. Every time this happens, I find myself rediscovering the humanity, insight, and morality/mortality that he represents to me. Part of the reason I sleep late on Christmas morning is that I'm reluctant to say goodbye to him; I don't WANT the dream to be over, and I'm desperate to keep my hands wrapped around that wisp of magic, for — just — a — few — moments — longer.
— Jay Allen Sanford, cartoonist ("Overheard in San Diego," "Rock 'N' Roll Comics")
I remember my next-door neighbor Bernard crying one day. I kept asking him what was wrong, and he finally told me, through sobs, "Elvis died." His mom had a shrine to Elvis in her living room, and they took it hard.
When I was 11, John Lennon was shot. I thought of Bernard, whom I hadn't seen in years.
What I remember about that day is Howard Cosell, who at that time was just as famous in my eyes. I would hear people talk about the Beatles as "mop tops," but it was Cosell's toupee that my dad made fun of.
I remember Cosell, during that Monday Night Football game, saying something like, "This has just been handed to me..." You knew he wasn't going to tell you about the quarterback, it was his "this just in" newscaster voice.
My parents were shocked, and when you are a child, that is powerful. The next day at school, we were all talking about it on the playground. It was strange to discuss in class; the teacher didn't seem angry and wanted to talk about the shooting with us. I remember, in line at the cafeteria, the school bully came up to me and said, "Do you know what it will take to reunite the Beatles?" I shook my head and he said, "Three more bullets."
President Reagan was shot soon after. He lived, which made me question why that was news (a kid's logic is sometimes odd).
Five months after Lennon was shot, Pope John Paul II was shot in the arm and abdomen. I thought two things: when the newscaster said "Pope John Paul..." I thought it didn't sound complete without "George and Ringo" after it. I also wondered how often people got shot. My parents tried to calm me down, saying it didn't happen often. Then on October 6, my birthday in 1981, Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, was assassinated on live TV.
It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized how tragic Lennon's death was. The Beatles had become one of my favorite groups. I would read the lyrics and think about other musicians who died young. Usually it was from drug overdoses or a plane crash. They didn't get shot. And the ones who did, there were reasons behind it. Sam Cooke was in a hotel with a prostitute who tried to rip him off. Marvin Gaye was shot by his dad, angry about his son's drug addiction. And in the rap world, well, you get shot for wearing the wrong color or for being West Coast instead of East.
Lennon was shot by a guy who was insane. A guy who had him autograph a Double Fantasy album earlier that same day (it went on to sell for $500,000, touted as "one of the last autographs Lennon signed"). A guy who tried to kill himself in Hawaii but was saved by a man who now wishes he hadn't.
A story I once read about the history of Monday Night Football said that John Lennon and Ronald Reagan were once visiting the booth at the same time. Cosell turned around to see the Gipper explaining the game to Lennon. To think they would both be shot within 90 days of each other. And that most of the United States heard the news about Lennon during the football game...
It wasn't until about five years ago that football stopped causing me sad memories. Now it's about my fantasy football team, the Chargers continuing to frustrate me, and my hatred of the Raiders.
However, football is relegated to Sunday and Monday. Not a day goes by that I don't listen to some Beatles tunes.
— Josh Board, staff writer, professional party crasher
I can remember where I was that night. It was almost like the day I heard President Kennedy had been shot, although this memory is much more vivid. Kennedy happened when I was just 12. This was like hearing a family member had been killed. I had just gotten off the George Washington Bridge and was on the West Side Highway in NYC, heading downtown in my 1976 Triumph TR6 convertible when the radio DJ interrupted the music. "John Lennon has been shot," he said. I remember how the air smelled, the sounds of the city outside my car window, the feeling of lightheadedness as I tried to comprehend what I'd just heard. I was alone. I started to cry. I don't think I could have kept from crying even if there had been people in the car with me.
Like a film flashback, I was seeing memories of the Beatles and how they took me through my youth in a stream of consciousness that began when I was 12 or 13 years old. How I'd seen them on The Ed Sullivan Show, my sister screaming her head off while I was completely hypnotized by the whole spectacle. How they influenced me in the deepest manner possible, from my thinking to my love for music and the guitar.
As I approached my exit on the West Side Highway, more news came over the radio. "John Lennon is dead," the announcer said in a trembling voice. How could this all happen so quickly, and why? When the details started to become clear, I realized I was only a few blocks from the scene when it happened. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. At that time I was on the West Side Highway, somewhere around 80th Street West. The Dakota is right there. In earlier times, I used to argue with my dad about how the Beatles were sure to change the world. On this dreadful night, it became painfully clear that the world would certainly never be the same again.
Everything had changed.
— Charlie Dominici, La Mesa entrepreneur, founding lead singer of Dream Theater
In December 1980, I had a job in a warehouse in National City, packing and shipping velvet paintings from Mexico. I had also begun earlier that year putting on punk rock shows at the Skeleton Club in downtown San Diego. Even though I was really getting into all the punk rock and new wave bands of the day -- bands such as Dead Kennedys, X, Gang of Four, etc. -- I had grown up listening to all the great rock bands and was still a big fan of the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Bowie, etc.
I remember being at work on Monday; it was a busy time of year, and I was working late as we were trying to get everything shipped out for the holidays. I was listening to KGB, which at the time used to play a great variety of music, everything from the Ramones and Sex Pistols to Rolling Stones and Beatles. The DJ broke from the music and announced that John Lennon had been shot and killed. I turned the radio up to hear what he was saying. I was unable to finish my work that night. I went and told the owners, a nice older couple from NYC, what had happened. One of them began to cry. We all sat there for a couple minutes, and then I said I had to go home.
— Tim Mays, longtime area concert promoter, owner of the Casbah
The day John Lennon died, my 9-year-old son A.J. and I were in New York City. We were in town dealing with the never-ending litigation related to my late husband, Jim Croce. Jim had died in a plane crash in 1973, but the litigation lived on. We had returned to our hotel after another long day of mean-spirited depositions. Our room overlooked Central Park, and A.J. was looking out the window when he noticed people acting strangely down below. From our window we could see people crying and embracing, while others had dropped to their knees weeping.
We thought that the President had been shot, and immediately I thought of John Kennedy. We turned on the TV and learned the terrible news. Both A.J. and I were fans of the Beatles, and I was fortunate to have met John Lennon in Los Angeles in the late '70s. It seemed like such a personal loss, and I was flooded with the memories of when Jim had died. We spent a very sad night watching the news and thought about going over to the Dakota, but it all seemed too overwhelming. Every December, I am reminded of that sad night and how much the world needs John Lennon today.
— Ingrid Croce, owner, Croce's Top Hat Bar & Grill
The loss of Lennon was one that had me caught between two eras. I was in fourth grade when he was shot, attending an inner-city school. If we had been told that Marvin Gaye had been shot (a news flash still a few years in the offing), I think we all would have been struck more dramatically. As it was, there was much more shrugging than wailing. At the same time, my parents were too old to have been Beatles fans, so I'm not sure the subject even came up at home. But one of my classmates was pretty worked up about it, and this got me interested.
I decided that it was some kind of double-digit-aged rite of passage, to be a Beatles fan, so I began getting books and magazines on the Beatles...without actually listening to any of the music. There were no Beatle records at my home, and while my uncle owned many, all he wanted to talk about was the Lovin' Spoonful. I knew snatches of songs, but that was it. Because I only had books and magazines to rely on, I ended up having less interest in the Beatles than in '60s marketing and media.
A year or so later (an eternity in kid-time), I ended up getting rewarded by my begrudging father with a copy of Rubber Soul, which interested me because of the cover. As much as I tried to like the Beatles, something about my genetic disposition made it a lost cause. My heart had been won by the Ink Spots; their records were in abundance in my mother's home. Luckily, she hung out with middle-aged lawyers, and while I continually found myself out of step on playgrounds and at dances, I held court at piano bars from age 11 onward.
But Ringo? Now, as a huge fan of Caveman, that loss would have shattered me.
— Patrick McCray, theater director, Objectivist author of Elvis Shrugged
"The dope-smoking commie fag is dead" was the secondhand newscast that announced Lennon's death to me. The words came from my stepfather when I asked why people were crying on the news.
I was 13 years old and knew of Lennon mostly as the Beatle who wasn't in Wings.
My stepfather's description was a treasure map to some undiscovered cool, as cool was defined as anything he hated.
He had analyzed my idols as "fags" (Kiss and Queen, one out of eight members), "Commies" (that included Richard Pryor and George C. Scott -- I guess he couldn't come up with a better category), and "dope smokers" (Cheech and Chong, in a rare moment of accuracy). To have someone be called all three was a hat trick I couldn't resist.
I never felt I missed out on anything by realizing his contributions so late. Paying closer attention to his Beatles material in contrast to Paul's made him my favorite Beatle after a few spins of Revolver.
There was a bounce in my step as I walked past my stepfather with Double Fantasy in plain view, daring him to say anything.
The lightness of youth was forever replaced with sadness at the unfairness of the universe when I listened to it. I realized in horror that, though Lennon had been silenced, Yoko's nails-on-chalkboard sonic blitzkrieg could go on forever.
— Spike Steffenhagen, Santee author, cocreator of Kiss's official bio KISStory
I was 15 years old the day Elvis Presley died. It was August 16, 1977. We were on summer vacation in Virginia Beach. Dad was driving, Mom rode shotgun, and I was in the back seat with my younger siblings. Somebody on the radio announced that Elvis had died, and my mother started crying. I remember thinking how weird that was. How strange that someone could actually mourn the death of a person they didn't even know. I kept asking her what the big deal was, and she kept waving me off from behind her tears. I figured it was probably some silly female thing.
At 15, one doesn't realize the degree to which the right music can affect a person. At 15, one cannot hear a song that brings him back to when he was 17. At 15, I was still listening to the Monkees and the Partridge Family and a good four or five months away from being turned on to the Beatles, my first true obsession.
It was probably "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" or "Please, Please Me" that got me started on the mop tops. Then I went and bought the red album, the blue album, every album I could get my hands on. For each birthday, I requested Beatles albums. Every Christmas I demanded, "More Beatles." After I exhausted the entire Beatles library, I dove into the solo stuff.
Paul and Ringo and George's music were fine, but Lennon was different. Lennon infected me. His lyrics, his composition, his delivery, his politics -- it all just made you feel like you knew him personally, that he was a great friend who was too busy saving the world to return your phone calls.
It was fitting that I learned about John Lennon's death the same way Mom heard about Elvis -- on the radio, in the car. I was riding shotgun with my metalhead friend Paul driving. Paul didn't give a flying V about John Lennon or the Beatles. He couldn't understand why I was getting all sloppy and moist about it. (It would be years before his metal heroes would start dying off.) I thought of my mother then, thought about what she was really crying over when Elvis died, thought about what a twerp I was to her, thought, "Man, 15-year-old sons can be such jackasses to their moms." I hope when she reads this she realizes how sorry I am for that.
Anyway, we held a wake in his honor that weekend. It was me and some friends drinking beer and smoking pot, listening to Lennon records and pointing out his brilliance, and I can honestly say it wasn't just an excuse to get drunk. We were eight or so friends commiserating over the loss of someone we never met but who we knew quite well. How peculiar. How awesome. How rock and roll.
— Edwin Decker, local newspaper columnist, bartender in heat
I was at Morin Heights, a recording studio an hour north of Montreal, working on the song "Witch Hunt" for the Moving Pictures album the night he was shot. It was a very heavy moment, I recall. I think we were all just stunned. I remember constantly going back and forth, from working to the TV, to try to get some news. If I remember the environment, looking around the room, my memory just shows me a lot of pale faces staring at the tube.
— Geddy Lee, Rush bassist and singer, on www.salon.com
I was 18, a few months out of high school. It's odd that this was before CDs, iPods, cell phones, commercial space travel, and $3 gallons of gas. Sometimes 18 still feels like just the other day.
Growing up, I was a music fan and, therefore, a Beatles fan. Paul was my fave, but John, George, and Ringo were right behind. A local TV showing of A Hard Day's Night I caught as a ten-year-old in 1972 (thanks, Bob Dale!) inspired me to form a band. How could anyone watch the closing segment and not want to be a musician?
The night Lennon was killed I was in the dining room at my parents' house when I overheard the news. For me, it's a moment frozen in time, as clearly recalled as this morning. I wasn't paying attention to the TV in the background, but I caught his name among the football hoopla. The report seemed surreal, impossible. The phone started ringing from friends wondering if I'd heard. I was such a big fan of Lennon's music that even friends' parents called.
That night, I just sort of lay in bed and thought about the murder and what a waste it was. Like everybody else, I listened to his songs. It was very depressing. I pulled out a guitar and absently played every half-remembered Lennon-related guitar lick I could recall. Every so often something happens when you think to yourself, "The world just changed."
I was working at the Licorice Pizza record store in Chula Vista, and it had been a big deal when John released Double Fantasy just a few weeks earlier. The Ono-less tracks, particularly "I'm Losing You," were getting a lot of in-store turntable play among the XTC and Wire platters. A label contact had let us know that a Lennon tour was being considered, so my friend Paul F. and I had engaged in an ongoing debate over how the tour might compare to the "Wings Over America" show a few years prior.
The next morning, I headed to work a bit early, just antsy to get out of the house. I was surprised to find a long line of people waiting at the door to buy anything with the voice, face, or guitar of John Lennon. People were in shock; a few were in tears. We opened up early and within the hour had sold every last Lennon-related item: albums, singles, tapes, buttons, posters, the works. This was back in the day when record stores were everywhere, and each store would stock two or more bins of Beatles LPs and an equal amount of their solo works. The chain sent a truck around to replenish all the stores, but we were sold out again instantly. Commerce in death, but people truly wanted it, even the horrible experimental stuff like Two Virgins. Somebody joked that this was probably its only chance to go gold.
As a teenager, this was the first time I'd dealt with mortality. Always iconic, Lennon seemed like one of the "forever people" (as comic book kingpin Jack Kirby might say) — always been around and always will be, part of the fabric of society. And if he can go, just like that, what does that mean for the rest of us?
— Bart Mendoza, guitarist/singer of the Shambles, San Diego Union-Tribune columnist
It was just like another normal December morning in Durham, northeast England, cloudy and a little cold. I heard my dad go off to work and before long would hear my mother shout up the stairs, "Are you getting up?" But today she didn't do that, today it was "John Lennon has been shot."
I can't believe it, this cannot be right, John is there on the bedroom wall, and he looks fine, no, she must be wrong. I went downstairs; my mother said all she knew was that he'd been shot, nothing else. I tuned the radio to the BBC News and heard the newsman report that John had been shot and had died at the hospital. Didn't hear what else they'd said.
A sick feeling consumed me. I didn't know how to handle this. Of course we'd had deaths in the family, but this was different, it felt as if my youth had been torn away. My hero was gone, a man whom I felt I had known personally since 1963, a man I admired, a man who together with his three mates inspired me, made me laugh out loud, made me pick up the guitar, a man murdered by a bastard with a gun.
I recall the BBC showed Help! that night. I didn't watch, didn't see any of the news reports, couldn't; I don't know now how I got through the days or nights. I tried to avoid friends, couldn't discuss it -- just felt raw. It was months before I could listen to John's voice without filling up and breaking down. John, who gave so much to the world, murdered for what?
Over the past few years, I've been able to visit the scene of his murder as well as Strawberry Fields in Central Park, New York. I still miss him, miss his humor, miss his music, miss what he might have to say about the world today — we can only imagine.
Lennon fans know that during his life, John had a thing about the number 9 ("One After 909," "Revolution 9," "#9 Dream," etc.). Though he died on December 8 in New York, keep in mind that because of the time difference, in England, where John Lennon was born, it was December 9.
— Dave Humphries, singer/songwriter, former Brit, current San Diegan
I was a freshman in high school, and I may have been in love with Laura or Carla or maybe it was Melissa; I couldn't keep track of my infatuations. I hadn't started growing my hair long, or playing guitar, or listening to Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin, but I did like the Beatles, and I knew who John Lennon was.
It was bone-chilling cold at school, and the news about Lennon's murder spread as if it was JFK all over again — at least among my teachers, who all grew up on Beatles music as my parents had. "This is horrible," my math teacher, a guy with long hair in a ponytail, said. "This can't be possible." He asked for a moment of silence in the class.
We 14-year-old kids all looked at each other.
On TV, on the radio, all I heard was the song "Imagine." It became an anthem of the moment. Whenever I hear it today, I remember December 1980.
People still write about the man. In 2000, Robert Rosen published a book with Soft Skull Press called Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon. Rosen had acquired Lennon's handwritten journals from a disgruntled ex-employee of Yoko Ono's. Ono filed a lawsuit and got the journals back, threatening legal action if they were ever published. Undaunted, Rosen wrote Nowhere Man based on his memories of the journals, calling his book "both investigative journalism and imagination" -- fiction, immune from litigation. The publisher sold foreign rights that they didn't own. There was a lawsuit over royalties, and the book was pulled and then re-released by Last Gasp in 2002.
Even in death, Lennon causes controversy.
— Michael Hemmingson, theater director, writer
From the time I was five years old I was spinning Elvis 45s on my all-in-one phonograph. It was the '50s, and my parents encouraged me to listen to the rockabilly kid out of Memphis with the rebel attitude and the voice of a black man. I don't know if I agree with what John Lennon said -- "There was nothing before Elvis" -- but I do know there was something after him. When I saw three cool-looking, smiling, mop-headed guys slinging guitars and a fourth one bopping and banging on the drums, all playing and singing together, I was witnessing a whole new kind of camaraderie that my friends and I could emulate. Who cared if none of us had ever held a guitar or beat a drum in our lives? We could pretend and, in our minds, we were the Beatles. I thought, this is the kind of fun I want to be involved in forever, I never want it to stop. And that's exactly what happened.
In December 1980, I was in my first marriage, a young father of my first child. I was preparing bottles or changing a diaper as the news about Lennon came on the TV. I didn't know how to feel about it. I guess I was in shock, but I couldn't fix an emotion to the event. It made me feel bad that I didn't feel worse about it. Everyone was talking about how awful it was and how it was affecting their lives, but I had my own life and family to think about, and all was not well in my world. I was a struggling musician, with a wife and a baby who I was not emotionally or financially prepared to take care of.
Up until John Lennon's death, I'd held on to the hope of a Beatles reunion. They were a large part of my musical palette in terms of what I listened to and how I wrote songs. Outside of Imagine, Walls and Bridges, and Rock 'n' Roll, John's solo work with Yoko didn't excite me that much. It had been five years since his last release, and it wasn't as if I was anticipating the new Lennon album. Still, with Double Fantasy, I could understand where John was coming from, and I felt a connection to him that was more than musical. He was a family man making music, and those two things, in my mind, didn't easily go together. Yet, here he was doing it, and I drew strength and inspiration from it in my own situation.
"(Just Like) Starting Over" was a catchy pop song, kind of retro with the Elvis vocal echo and a percussive, pumping piano. But it was the hopeful sentiments of the lyrics that spoke to me. I'd been hearing the song on the radio, but I didn't have the album until Christmas when it came as a gift from my mom to my wife and me. She hoped it would provide some marital therapy (John and Yoko kissing on the front cover) for our disintegrating relationship.
That's when it hit me -- the combination of holiday stress, trying to hold my family together, and John's death were just too much. Here was one of my heroes, a Beatle, who had gone astray, conquered his demons, and come back to his family and his music, a true rock 'n' role model for rock 'n' family guys like me, needlessly torn from his own domestic bliss and from all of us. He had achieved an impossible dream, for too short a time. That dream was now just a memory.
-- Mark DeCerbo, singer/guitarist of Four Eyes
[I was] working in a club in Athens, Georgia. I was behind the counter and someone came in crying. He said, "John Lennon's just been assassinated." I went home. My next-door neighbor had cable TV, so we kept watching it, [waiting] for somebody to say, "This didn't really happen. He's not dead." I have relatives who died who didn't mean as much to me as [Lennon] did. It was...jolting. You wanted Lennon to hang around, to see what he was going to do ten years down the line. For me it was one of those things where it was, like, "Well, I'm not a kid anymore." That was the first big death that really hit me.
— Peter Buck, REM guitarist, on www.murmers.com
Because of my age I was a backwards Beatles fan, discovering them via John's solo career. My first album was 1974's Walls and Bridges. I would listen to that album over and over. From there I picked up more of John's work and then discovered the Beatles, while everyone else my age was listening to Cheap Trick and ABBA.
I was at home the night it happened. A friend called me. "Steve, did you see the news? John Lennon was shot!" At first I thought he was joking, and I told him it wasn't funny. Soon, I realized the awful truth.
That week I shut down. Didn't go to work; didn't talk to anyone. I sat at home with the curtains drawn, listening to his albums and checking the news. I cried in the dark and screamed at Mark David Chapman. At 17, this was the first time I had ever faced the death of someone I cared about. It felt like I knew John, through his music. More than any other rocker before or since, John poured his deepest fears and pains into his work, and I think that's one of the main reasons that his death touched so many of us. We all felt as if we knew John Lennon.
— SS Crompton, comic book artist/publisher, creator of Demi the Demoness
I was born an insomniac. Tests later revealed that when I did fall asleep, I would descend into the deepest sleep there is, one that takes normal folks three to six hours to reach — the filet mignon of bedtime. I sleep two to four hours each evening.
On the evening of December 8, I was living in London, and I had just returned from George Harrison's home where I was helping him record Somewhere in England. I had a nap on the two-hour drive home in fellow musician Ray Cooper's Rolls-Royce, so I was up for the night. The TV went blank at midnight, and I would switch the radio on so I had company in the wee hours.
The news came to London about 2:30 a.m. — John Lennon had been shot.
I was aghast. News followed that he was dead. Stunned, I thought about calling George, as I'm sure I was one of a handful of Brits who had this info. I couldn't be the one to tell him, I reasoned, and he's going to need that sleep he's getting now, knowing the British media.
At 9 a.m., I called Ray Cooper, who was co-producer of George's album, and after a lengthy chat we decided to go ahead with the session...it might keep George from dwelling in sadness. Armed with a few bottles of wine, we arrived at George's about noon. Reporters greeted us at the main gate, standing in the rain. We sidestepped their inquiries, locked the gate, and drove up to the house.
George was white. He hugged us both and we began the day's work. We stopped three times during the next ten hours -- phone calls from Ringo, Paul, and Yoko. He began rewriting lyrics to a track we had just cut the day before. In ensuing days, Paul McCartney put backing vocals on, joining George and Ringo on that track, as well as myself, the insomniac Wurlitzer pianist from New York who was one of the first to purchase "She Loves You" 16 years before.
That track -- "All Those Years Ago" -- soon evolved into a musical tribute to John and became a #1 single in the U.S. some months later. By 10 p.m., George was exhausted and a bit inebriated. He thanked us for coming and headed for the arms of Morpheus. Ray and I headed back to London, glad we had done what we could for George that day.
I shall never forget that 24 hours as long as I live.
— Al Kooper, keyboardist on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want," etc.
I had been living in America for four weeks. At 18, I flew to San Diego from England with a suitcase, a bass guitar, and about $250 to join the Crawdaddys, a retro '60s band. We lived and breathed 1964-'65 vintage clothes, vintage guitars, vintage amps, vintage songs. Musically, we were more fixated on the Stones and Them, but the early Beatles were a big part of the daily soundtrack of our lives. John Lennon in A Hard Day's Night was the epitome of cool to us: his quick wit, that hard-faced sarcasm in the face of authority.
At the time I was living with Ron Silva, the Crawdaddys' leader, and his girlfriend Mindy in a small apartment on Fifth Avenue, close to downtown. Ron and I arrived home early that evening after another day of walking around the city. We'd walked as far as 30th and Meade, where Ron had dropped a jacket off at a tailor he used there. Later, we figured out that's where we must have been when Lennon had been shot. I can't drive by that block now without thinking of Lennon. When we got home, Mindy blurted out between sobs that John Lennon had been shot. We were stunned, speechless. She and Ron disappeared into the bedroom and I was left alone, reeling in disbelief. It wasn't until a few minutes later when Ron reemerged that I learned that Lennon had not only been shot, he was dead. Mindy was inconsolable, fixated on a line Lennon sung years before: "The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me."
Later that night and over the next few days, we, like the rest of the world, watched as the story unfurled on television. None of it made sense: the killer, the motive, the media canonization. I was gutted but felt completely detached from the public displays of grief, the constant soundtrack of "Imagine" on every TV set or radio. These people seemed to be mourning a different John Lennon than we were. Did they even know him? I remember one grieving "fan" on TV sobbing to a reporter that she loved John so much because he'd written two of her favorite songs, "Yesterday" and "Hey Jude" [both by McCartney]. You had to laugh to keep from puking.
A few months later, Reagan was shot, not by a political revolutionary but by another delusional loner with an unhealthy celebrity fixation.
So this was America, I thought, a land where any disaffected loser can grab a weapon, select his target, and blast himself a small perch in history. I seemed to have arrived in a very strange place, a long way from home. Maybe John had a similar revelation as he lay dying on the cold pavement in front of the Dakota. Maybe we all did.
— Mike Stax, cofounder the Tell-Tale Hearts and the Loons, publisher of Ugly Things magazine
John Lennon's death annoyed me. Well, not the murder of his person; anyone's death is sad and I'm against murder, by the state or by a crazed fan. And I wasn't bothered by the death of Lennon's celebrity -- that, as Yoko and her accountants know, is immortal. Lennon is proof of that old saw: "Death is a great career move."
What annoyed me was the response to his death. The radio and TV kept playing one of his songs, reducing his varied musical expressions into just one nonrepresentative piece.
Far more aggravating was the way that song, "Imagine," was used by hordes of mourners. They absorbed its music and ignored the lyrics. The atheistic ("no heaven," etc.) and communistic ("no possessions") words were utilized in religious rituals -- the swaying circles, the lit candles, the sacred spot ("Strawberry Fields") near his home in the Dakota -- a monument to materialism in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods on earth. They weren't the only ones to disregard the lyrics -- the song was sung by the Conservative Party in London in 1987 as a greeting to arch-capitalist Margaret Thatcher.
— Deena Weinstein, author of Heavy Metal: A Cultural Sociology, professor at DePaul University
I was driving my husband to work so I could have the car for the day. I planned to pick up a friend who was flying in from New York City. We were three blocks from the intersection of Hawthorne Boulevard and 190th in Torrance when I turned on the radio and heard, "John Lennon has been assassinated." My first thought: of course he was. First Kennedy, then Malcolm X, then Martin Luther King Jr., then another Kennedy, Medgar Evers...the list goes on.
I spent the day listening to the radio, which kept playing the single "Starting Over" from Lennon's new album. To this day I cannot stand hearing that song. Fortunately, my New York friend, Harvey Goldberg, got a taxi from the L.A. airport to Hollywood, so after I picked up my husband Paul, we went up to the city to have dinner with him. Harvey is a well-known recording engineer and was in L.A. on business. He had always wanted to go to the Whiskey, so after we ate at Old World, we walked down to the club for beers. They were playing Beatles songs, and everyone was depressed. Some smartass decided it would be clever to play "Happiness Is a Warm Gun," and Harvey went ballistic, yelling, "Take it off, you ASSHOLE!" We started yelling too, and then all the other patrons started yelling. Harvey said, "Screw this place. Let's get out of here." Not that I boycotted the joint, but that was the last time I was at the Whiskey.
Days later, KROC and several other stations announced that at 11 a.m. they would play no music and observe one minute of silence to honor Lennon. I drove down to the beach and parked and waited for the DJ to start the memorial. There were many cars, apparently there for the same reason I was, as everyone was crying. It was such a beautiful day -- the ocean was aglitter, and I felt I was in a silent world of empathy. It was a powerful moment.
On the way home, it seemed as if no one else knew about the moment of silence or cared. To me, too many people were laughing or staring at my red eyes and the look on my face. Then I saw some guy throw a beer bottle out of his car, and it smashed against a tree. It was a rotten day.
— Mary Fleener, cartoonist and musician (with Cindy Lee Berryhill, etc.)
I don't remember what I was doing, but I was not one of those informed of Lennon's death by Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. I was playing college at Eastern Washington State that winter and thought, "Piss, no more Beatles songs or reunions." I didn't especially care that Lennon was dead; there were lots of smarter, more experienced people than him whom I could learn from (though he never really bragged he was smarter than anyone). I liked many of his songs, and they evoked good feelings in me, but what mattered most to me was how the value of his records and paraphernalia would rise in price.
During that week and for about a month after, I would be able to trade Beatles and Lennon stuff for other types of records and music items I wanted. Then, after the prices went down, I could get most of the Lennon stuff back at cheaper prices. I watched what had happened to Elvis memorabilia after his death three years earlier. That's what happened again, though I didn't make a killing. I later got back all the Lennon stuff I traded away. It amused me, the reactions of people to someone's death. There's always enough of an artist's items out there, but for some reason, people don't want them until after the person dies.
— Duane Dimock, Clairemont-based eBay entrepreneur
I was getting ready for work with the civil service when my wife called to say, "Pete, you'd better come and listen to this." It was about 6 a.m., and I was getting ready for work at the job centre at the time. Kathy had been listening to the news and shouted upstairs that John had been murdered. It didn't enter my head it was John Lennon, and I asked, "John who?" Did she mean John, the neighbor, or someone I worked with? I initially thought it was a sick joke, but as the news flashed on and on, I realized it was true. John, who I had played with and been friends with for three years, was dead. My first thoughts were, "Why? What had this guy done to anyone?"
— Pete Best, to the Liverpool Echo, December 2000
I had not seen John for years, but when he died, it was like having an arm cut off. I can't explain my feelings, even to myself. During the following week, I avoided the radio and television, although I could manage newspapers. They weren't as emotionally demanding as a voice or picture going over John's life or, even worse, a rerun of an interview with John looking out from the television as if he was really still there. As for listening to any of his records, the very thought made me wince with pain.
— Julia Baird, John's half-sister, from the book John Lennon, My Brother
He was dangerous to the government. If he had said, "Bomb the White House tomorrow," there would have been 10,000 people who would have done it. These pacifist revolutionaries are historically killed by the government...anybody who thinks that Mark David Chapman was just some crazy guy who killed my dad for his personal interests is insane. Or very naïve. Or hasn't thought about it clearly. It was in the best interests of the United States to have my dad killed. Definitely. And, you know, that worked against them, because once he died, his powers grew...they didn't get what they wanted.
— Sean Ono Lennon, to the New Yorker magazine in early 1998
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
— Yoko Ono, from "Season of Glass"
After all we went through together, I had and still have great love and respect for him. I am shocked and stunned. To rob life is ultimate robbery. This perpetual encroachment on other people's space is taken to the limit with the use of a gun. It is an outrage that people can take other people's lives when they obviously haven't got their own lives in order.
—George Harrison, December 1980 press statement
I feel shattered, angry, and very sad. It's just ridiculous. He was pretty rude about me sometimes, but I secretly admired him for it, and I always managed to stay in touch with him. There was no question that we weren't friends, I really loved the guy. I think that what has happened will in years to come make people realize that John was an international statesman. He often looked a loony to many people. He made enemies, but he was fantastic. He was a warm man who cared a lot and with the record "Give Peace a Chance" helped stop the Vietnam War. He made a lot of sense.
— Paul McCartney, December 1980 press statement
I would like to say how terribly upset we are at the sudden death of John Lennon. I have always had the deepest affection for John since the divorce and have always encouraged his relationship with Julian, which I thought was best. It came so suddenly. Julian remained very close to his father in recent years and is hoping to follow a career in music. He was looking to his father for guidance. Julian was hoping to see his father shortly.
— Cynthia Lennon, Lennon's ex-wife, December 1980 press statement
John Lennon was brought to the emergency room of the St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital this evening, shortly before 11 p.m. He was dead on arrival. Extensive resuscitative efforts were made but, in spite of transfusions and many procedures, he could not be resuscitated. He had multiple gunshot wounds in his chest, in his left arm, and in his back. There were seven wounds in his body. I don't know exactly how many bullets there were. There was a significant injury of the major vessels inside the chest, which caused a massive amount of blood loss, which probably resulted in his death. I'm certain that he was dead at the moment that the first shots hit his body.
— Dr. Stephan Lynn, to reporters outside Roosevelt Hospital, December 8, 1980
Probably, I thought, he wouldn't be an attainable type of thing, and I did think of harming some people...I took it upon myself to judge him falsely for being something other than, you know, in a lotus position with a flower, and I got angry in my stupidity...I grabbed the album I had leaning against the rail and I said, "John, would you sign my album?" He said, "Sure," and wrote his name and he handed it back to me. He looked at me and nodded his head down and said, "Is that all you want?" It was a ruse. I really didn't want his signature; I wanted his life. And I ended up taking both...I believe once you take a person's life, there's no way you can make up for that. Period.
— Mark David Chapman, murderer, speaking at October 2000 parole hearing
What worries me is that one day a loony will come up and God knows what will happen then...you never know in America. They're always running around with guns like a lot of cowboys. They think guns are extensions of their arms.
— John Lennon, 1965 Daily Mirror interview
All illustrations by Jay Allen Sanford.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Various Authors
- The inside story of how John Lennon's longlost guitar was found in San Diego — June 1, 2019
- To Zak, by John Lennon — Nov. 27, 2013
- The Show Goes On... — Aug. 30, 2007
- Tequila Mood — Dec. 23, 2004
- Mark Chapman's Bane — May 18, 2000


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16-Jul-2002 -- This confluence was reached during a 1402 km cycle trip in north Iceland.
Started in the afternoon from Atlavik camping site in Fljotsdalur south of Egilsstadir. Rode about 24 km to the Muli farm, 885 m from the confluence. I asked the farmer for permission to leave the bike at a shed while I went up the Muli hillside. It was easy to reach the confluence at 195 m elevation.
There was a large cairn about 300 m to the west. I few sheep were grazing nearby. The river Lagarfljot could be seen in the notheast. The ice cap of Vatnajökull and the 1833 m peak Snaefell were both to the south, but could not be seen from the confluence, due to Muli. The landscape type is lowland and hillside grazing fields and rocky hill slopes. One of Iceland's few forests (most of it is a plantation) is located at Atlavik.
I walked back to the farm and talked to the farmer and his wife and son, who were harvesting on the fields. I got permission to take some pictures while they were working. On the way back I passed an information screen telling about advanced plans to build a dam across Jökulsa a dal and lead the water to a power plant near Valthjofsstadur and further into Lagarfljot. The power generated is intended to be used for an aluminum smelter at Reydarfjördur. I also passed the gully with the 250 m waterfall Hengifoss, but didn't walk the 2.5 km to the waterfall.
The famous Icelandic author Gunnar Gunnarsson also lived in a architecturally interesting building at Skriduklaustur just north of Valthjofsstadur.

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If you could steal a scene from a romantic movie and make it come to life, something so picturesque and beautiful would be a tall order. Recently opened Fig & Olive in Newport Beach has created such a setting, so breathtaking of a restaurant and setting it would almost make you forget how amazing the food is, almost.
Newport Beach has high standards and a crowd that is not easily impressed so you better do it right if you are going to enter the restaurant world in this ocean side community. The moment you walk into Fig & Olive you know this restaurant is special, from the amazing high ceilings that create a spacious and open feel, to the dining area that was created with perfectly trimmed white furnishing that creates an even more beautiful appearance as the sun brilliantly makes it through the windows. The best part is not even inside of Fig & Olive, make sure to make reservations for the patio so you can get a seat as this has quickly become the place to be in Newport Beach with the plush couches and fresh ocean air, this is how a weekend brunch was made to enjoyed.
Executive Chef Pascal Lorange put together a menu that encompasses the flavors of the Riviera and Coastal regions of the South of France, Italy and Spain. To showcase these regions Fig & Olive only cooks using olive oil and they have an assortment of 15 varieties at their disposal, each with a different flavor and use. You can only imagine if they are so thoughtful with olive oil that the rest of the menu is created with the utmost love. While the olive oil comes from all over the world, to make sure your food is as fresh as possible Fig & Olive creates a menu that focuses on local and seasonal ingredients.
Every dish at Fig & Olive is full of flavor and ingredients that elevate it to a higher level than you would expect. This is so true of the assortment of crostinis that you can choose from and your best decision would be to get a selection of three or six to let you taste all of these incredible flavor combinations. While you will see that there is a crostini for every taste bud, the two that seemed to take you equally through the flavor gamut were the manchego, fig and marcona almond crostini and the bresaola, dolce gorgonzola and almond crostini. If you prefer just sampling the extraordinary variety of cheeses you can do that as well and you get to enjoy them with the exquisite fig jam.
The breakfast part of brunch for many is what they love the most and Fig & Olive with their unique organic egg creations will leave you longing for these to be served to you every morning they are so tasty. The truffle mushroom fontina scrambled eggs is just simply one of the best egg dishes you will ever have. No one flavor overwhelms this dish, but you get the subtleness of the cremini and black trumpet mushrooms, white truffle olive oil, fontina and scallion and they are prepared to so fluffy and soft that each bite is flawless. In addition you will find crab cake eggs benedict and omelets that are taken from each region that the menu is based off of, the French, Italian omelets and the South of France poached eggs with salmon. If somehow these eggs aren't tempting the restaurants Fig & Olive waffle is as good as you would expect with the restaurants name on it. A light and crisp waffle that if layered with fresh fruit and there is no syrup, instead you get a decadent mascarpone vanilla whipped cream to pour over the top. Whether you eat for breakfast or as a dessert, this dish will leave you happy.
If you are leaning a little more towards lunch, the beef Carpaccio is a great way to start and there is no question that you could put the Fig & Olive version up against any other restaurant. The beef is so tender you have to wonder it could just melt in your mouth and then it is topped with amazing 18 year old balsamic, thin slices of rich parmesan and then the addicting white truffle oil. Fig & Olive also tried their hand and at crab cakes and created another success. There is no shortage of crab inside the crispy exterior and you will love the sweet pimento aioli that it is served upon, a rich combination of flavors to complete the dish. You can also find Riviera salmon, Spanish cod along with a raw bar and seafood in what is a well-rounded menu.
Fig & Olive is much more than brunch; the dinner menu is equally remarkable. One of the most unique dining experiences is to have a whole fish prepared table side. Not only will you get fish such as branzino or pink dorade, but it is a joy to watch as the Fig & Olive so delicately prepare it right in front of your eyes. Fig & Olive also created truffle risotto and primavera lobster risotto for their menu. Once again the depths of flavors are enormous and while risotto is a tough dish to prepare, if it is one of your favorites give one of the Fig & Olive versions a try.
Newport Beach has become the dining hotbed of Orange County and the restaurants keep coming so making that dining decision or choosing what restaurant is your favorite can be tough. After one visit to Fig & Olive you'll find that much like its food it has everything you desire. Amazing food, a jaw-dropping restaurant and service that is impeccable. If it has not already, Fig & Olive is going to turn the Newport Dining community on its ear.
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Funeral services for Edward "Al" Kennedy, age 75 of Winnsboro, were at 11 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2011 at the First Baptist Church of Winnsboro. Burial was in the Lee Cemetery.
Mr. Kennedy was born July 1, 1935 in Nevada County, Ark., to L. B. Kennedy and Nobie L. White Kennedy. He was a retired State Farm Insurance Agent and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Winnsboro where he taught Sunday School for over 30 years. He served as a member of the board of the First National Bank in Winnsboro, was a City Council member in Winnsboro, and was co-founder nd current president of the Winnsboro Manor. He was a Lady Raiders fan.
He died Tuesday, April 19 in Winnsboro.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jackie Halene Kennedy of Winnsboro; two sons, Jerry Kennedy of Monument, Colo. and Scott Kennedy of Paris; a daughter, Deana Jaggers of Mount Vernon; a sister, Jenny Hall of McKinney; seven grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.


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Social Media: A Growing Factor in Project SuccessBy Frank Schettini & Brian Weiss | Posted 10-03-2011
Social Media: A Growing Factor in Project Success
Social media tools are fast becoming a ubiquitous part of the project management toolkit. According to the survey Social Media in a Project Environment, conducted in early 2011 by Elizabeth Harrin, an author and Project Management Institute (PMI) member and volunteer, more than two thirds of 181 project managers surveyed in 32 countries believe that social media is a key issue for their industry.
Most respondents see collaboration, communication and networking opportunities as social media's biggest potential benefits. But they also expect financial benefits, principally from lowering the cost of meetings, although these savings are not yet as important as the efficiency advantages.
Other research supports this trend as well. LinkedIn currently features more than 3,000 groups related to project management, serving more than 3 million people who list project management in their professional profiles. There are more than 123,000 members in LinkedIn's Project Manager Networking Group -- an increase of 45 percent in the past year -- in addition to nearly 7,000 YouTube videos about project management and a rapidly growing member base in other social media outlets such as the Project Management Institute's online Communities of Practice, Yahoo's PMP® Best group and Google's PMHUB group.
And, according to PMI's 2010 Pulse of the Profession Survey, 76 percent of organizations polled already use online networking/collaboration tools for managing projects. The survey polled 1,157 non-trainer/non-consultant PMI members/credential holders in North America, Europe, Middle East/Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin American and the Caribbean.
Among the collaboration tools in use by survey respondents are:
- SharePoint
- IM (multiple platforms)
- NetMeeting
- Microsoft Project Server
- GoToMeeting
According to the Harrin survey, 36 percent of respondents said that they use social media tools to communicate with their project teams, with 24 percent reporting that they communicate with the project stakeholders in this way. In addition, 25 percent of respondents said they actively use these tools for managing their teams, and 27 percent reported using them for project status updates. Nearly half of all respondents (48 percent) reported using social media tools for document sharing.
Aside from communication, the Harrin survey reveals that social media tools are used for the day-to-day work of project management. Respondents reported using them for collaborating on tasks (34 percent), task tracking (19 percent) and hosting online meetings (32 percent). This research showed that nearly all PMI members have networked online in the past 12 months (90 percent) and most belong to an online project management community (71 percent). Additionally, most indicated that they are active in chatting and blogging (67 percent) and that they have contributed to social media or other online communities (62 percent).
So, the use of social media by project managers is evident and unchallenged. But two key questions remain for some organizations:
- What are the true benefits of social media for project managers?
- How can organizations leverage these benefits without falling victim to the risks that social media introduces to a company?
How Social Media Benefit Project Management
First, the benefits. From an operational standpoint, the adoption of social media tools within the context of project management makes sense, particularly as organizations evolve to accommodate market conditions and economic realities. With cost constraints, tight deadlines and shareholder concerns, companies are looking for innovative -- and efficient -- ways to achieve organizational goals.
Knowledge sharing and project visibility are critical as organizations look to project management as a strategic competency that drives new ideas and achieves business results. Social media provides companies with the ability to quickly identify, organize and deploy teams, collaborate across borders and between departments, and see an immediate measurable organizational benefit. It also provides a means for project managers to meet the demands of the 24-hour workday, which requires the ability to provide real-time information to stakeholders from any location at any time.
It makes sense from a fiscal standpoint as well. Social media tools not only foster communication and availability but they allow for financial savings within an organization. The cost of traveling expenses and monthly telephone bills can be reduced by using a videoconference program such as Skype to host a meeting. These savings can be reallocated to other departments or projects within the company.
In addition, social media can serve as a cornerstone of best practices and organizational knowledge. During a lengthy project, teams gather a fair amount of data, which need to be handed over to the operational team at the end, when the project team is disbanded. A Wiki - an online documentation platform that allows the creation and editing of interlinked websites - captures this data in a structured way as the project progresses. Wikis can also be used at a PMO level for gathering lessons learned throughout the course of various projects. Since Wikis are easy to search, project managers have fast access to information relevant to their work and can update that information with knowledge that could lead to future improvements.
Mitigating Social Media Risks
While advocates of project-related social media use believe that it improves the way they manage projects, IT departments are faced with a different side of social media: The risk.
This is an immediate problem for many organizations, particularly since a large number of those who use social media tools for work -- according to Harrin's survey, more than 40 percent -- are not officially sanctioned to do so. Software that is installed outside of the official remits could be a security risk, and proprietary company data could potentially be exposed through channels that are not sufficiently controlled.
In order to leverage the benefits of social media without exposing your organization to unnecessary risk, follow these guidelines:
- Be proactive, not reactive. Chances are high that your project managers are already active social media users. Proactively define your social media policy, along with acceptable tools and their use, and share it with your employees. That way, when your project managers turn to social media, they have guidelines to follow that will ensure that the organization's best interests are protected.
- Establish rules of engagement. Define how you want social media to be used by project managers within your organization. Will it be used for training, to manage projects, as a means for research, or all of the above? Defining its purpose will enable you to select the right social media tools for your team. Also, protect your intellectual property by ensuring that your team knows and understands what can and cannot be shared via social media channels.
- Know your business. Evaluate the business and communication needs within your organization to determine who should have access to social media tools at every level - project, program, portfolio and stakeholder. Grant and restrict access as necessary.
- Respect the firewall. As often as possible, implement Web 2.0 and appropriate social media tools behind your firewall to increase security. This may be a challenge for virtual teams, so establish access rules and policies for remote users.
- Assign a monitor. This could be one person to monitor your social media sites overall or, more likely, one person -- probably the project manager -- to monitor social media use for each individual project. While over-policing social media use can dilute its benefits, assigning a project-related monitor can help protect proprietary data and prevent potential human resource issues.
Establishing policies, processes, and standards for your team's social media use can help ensure that it brings tangible value to your organization -- not just within the context of evolving business conditions, but also according to the definition of good project management: projects that are completed on time, on budget, within scope, and of the highest possible quality to enable the realization of organizational goals.
About the Authors
Frank Schettini is VP Information Technology for the Project Management Institute. Brian Weiss is VP Product Management for the Project Management Institute.


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It's our annual all-night celebration of the arts! Music, art, entertainment--and it's all FREE! Last year, 5000 people partied with us so you don't want to miss it this year for sure!
- 6:45pm • Public opening of Storm and Spirit: The Eckhardt-Gramatte Collection of German Expressionist Art
- 7:30pm-2am (every 30 min) • Everything and Nothing. A spoken word performance by artist Kelly Mark
- 8, 8:45, 9:30, 10:15, 11, 11:45pm • Set and Re-Set. A site-specific new dance work by Jolene Bailie motivated by the power and imprint that intangible experiences have on our consciousness.
- 6pm • Montreal sound/visual duo le Révélateur explores a combination of electronic image and sound (presented in partnership with send + receive)
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Changing your W-4 withholding can help you get through a recession, and keep the good times rolling.
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April 15 is the anniversary of the day Lincoln died and the anniversary of the day the Titanic sank. It's also the deadline for filing your tax return. But hey, let's look at the bright side:
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The MAW design contests encourages participation by secondary students in elementary, middle and high school. We believe improving the image of Georgia manufacturing begins with education. We want students to know that manufacturers provide jobs for engineers, scientists, advertisers and many others in our state.
The goal of the design contest is to inspire elementary, middle and high school students to consider the rich diversity of careers available in advanced manufacturing.
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thormongous needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 11 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Need Home page and 2 interior pages designed. 1 interior page would be typical section home page. 2nd interior page should be a business directory.
No logo currently - please use
Richmond BID
Desired Color Scheme:
003C78 can be the dominant home page color; please ref. details for full color description.
Desired Style:
I'll leave this up to you guys, but please see referring sites and explanations in the description area.
Accepted File Formats:
psd, png
$501 Uncoded Website (home page and 2 interior pages)
Were swamped and need help
Need Home page and 2 interior pages designed. 1 interior page would be typical section home page. 2nd interior page should be a business directory.
We welcome a fixed (780px est. width) or flexible width design for this data-driven site.
This is a brand new site for the Richmond BID (Business Improvement District) organization. Richmond BID needs to be in the header we dont have a logo yet.
Client has given the following information, but no content theyre developing that now.
Goal of the site is to promote Richmond, VA as a great place to work, visit and live; to attract new business to Richmond, while also being a source of information on local events and businesses for both area residents as well as tourists (i.e., other site visitors).
Site should incorporate an upbeat design and color scheme. Client likes a multi-colored navigation area the concept in http://www.downtowndenver.com., but it doesn't have to be that way, if it doesn't work with your cool design.
Design should be clean and uncomplicated. http://www.Aquent.com comes to mind when I think of clean and uncomplicated. This design from another sitepoint contest is also very effective (though the header area on the home page might be too large for our clients taste; also header doesnt have to be 1 big image use your creative skills and imagination)
If you go with the multi-colored navigation, then client would like each section to be skinned in a different color, matching the color in the navigation. For example, the About Us section will be skinned in orange, while Interact would be a shade of red like their respective nav items, (see pdf). They would also like each section to have a different image in the header area.
Home page
Should include an image in the content area and welcome message, as well as a Calendar, Event listing, News Listing, and a spot to promote a local business or two or three (text links or small banner ads).
All pages should include a Search box and email subscribe box.
Global navigation sections:
* About Us
* Community and Environment
* Interact
* Development and Technology
* Governmental Relations
* Events
* Membership
* Contact
Interior page
Interior should be skinned in the color of its nav button, possibly include a separate picture in the header, and the sub-nav should be down the left-side of the page.
Client provided the following images if you have others, thats fine too. They must be rigths free and cost no more than $5ea to license - http://126.96.36.199/sp1/1.jpg, http://18.104.22.168/sp1/2.jpg, http://184.108.40.206/sp1/3.jpg, http://184.108.40.206/sp1/4.jpg, http://188.8.131.52/sp1/5.jpg,
http://220.127.116.11/sp1/6.jpg, http://126.96.36.199/sp1/7.jpg, http://184.108.40.206/sp1/8.jpg
Referring sites
This one is really cool. Save for the content organization on the home page, I really like the design, the action, the organization (on interior pages anyway - home page is too much). Make the links text-based and something like this would work.
Nice example of non-traditional design, while still keeping it clean and organized.
Well organized and super clean. The navigation doesn't work for us (navigation has to be text based), but this site has good presentation.
Good structure to this, though may be too sterile, but notice how they have the main image change with each section...


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Ashley Heritage extends towards first base Friday night against No. 10 Arizona (Photo Courtesy: J and L Photography).
TUCSON, Ariz. – In its first game of the 2011 NCAA Regional, the Harvard softball team hung tough but couldn't figure out opposing pitcher Kenzie Fowler as the Crimson dropped a 10-0 decision to host No. 8 Arizona Friday night at Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium. The loss moves the Crimson into the losers bracket of the regional, where it will face Texas Tech which dropped a 9-0 decision to New Mexico State in the first game of the day.
The Crimson showed some life right out of the gate as Ellen Macadam worked a walk and Stephanie Regan beat out a chopper that the shortstop bobbled to start the game. Kasey Lange followed with a base hit to left field to load the bases but two strikeouts and a groundout to second killed the Crimson rally in the first.
After the first batter lined out, Arizona ripped back-to-back singles and moved the runners to second and third on a passed ball. Stacie Chambers followed with a chopper to first that brought in the Wildcats' first run on an RBI groundout. A walk put another runner on for the hosts and Kristen Arriola brought both of them in with a hard double down the leftfield line. Karissa Buchanan plated Arriola with a single through the middle to give Arizona a 4-0 lead after one.
Harvard starter Rachel Brown settled down in the second, sitting down the Wildcats in order and picking up two strikeouts. The hosts tacked on another run in the third, as a Lini Koria double to center field plating Brigette Del Ponte.
The Crimson got something cooking in the fourth inning when Ashley Heritage reached base, hustling down the line and causing confusion among the Wildcat fielders with a headfirst slide into first base. Marika Zumbro followed with a fielder's choice and Jane Alexander punched a chopper in between the pitcher and first baseman and ended up on base after beating the second baseman's throw to first. Shelbi Olson was up next and lifted a pitch to left, but the Arizona outfielder settled under it and ended the Crimson threat.
Stacie Chambers pounded a home run to right field to add to the Arizona lead as the Wildcats took a 6-0 lead after five full innings. The Wildcats loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth and Koria turned on an inside pitch, blasting a shot over the left field wall to end the game after six innings, 10-0.
Regan, Lange and Heritage all had hits for Harvard and Brown picked up four strikeouts in the loss. Harvard will face the Red Raiders Saturday at 4:30 at Hillenbrand Stadium.


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The Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) 2015 themed 'Sustainable Energy for Inclusive Development' was held from 18-20 June 2015 at the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria. The event brought together participants from about 60 countries, including 24 ministers, as well as high-level dignitaries and senior representatives of international and non-governmental organizations, academia, civil society and the private sector. The event was organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the UN Secretary-General's Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).
VEF 2015 convened against the backdrop of three crucial events set to take place in 2015: the Third International Conference on Financing for Development to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in July; the UN Summit for the Adoption of the post-2015 Development Agenda taking place in New York, US, in September; and the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to be held in Paris, France, in December. VEF 2015 aimed to contribute to the post-2015 development agenda and climate processes by emphasizing their multiple co-benefits, and by showcasing best practices and actions on the ground.
The event consisted of high-level panel discussions and parallel sessions considering a range of issues, including energy efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs), sustainable transport and innovative financing mechanisms for sustainable energy. It also included a number of special events such as Energy Leaders' Voices, Climate School, a networking session on Women for Sustainable Energy and an event on progress on the implementation of the outcomes of the Clean Energy Ministerial. A series of side events also took place throughout the three-day forum.
During the meeting, a number of initiatives and projects were launched, including the SE4All Global Tracking Framework, the Multi-tier Access Framework, the UNIDO-Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Global Green Growth Report and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st century (REN21) Renewables 2015 Global Status Report.
The meeting concluded with the presentation of the VEF 2015 Outcome Document consisting of eight key messages which will be transmitted to the three 2015 global processes.
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Self Branding Experience
First off, I'd like to declare that I don't endorse, nor do I encourage self-branding. It's probably much safer and much more sanitary to have a brand done professionally. The reason I chose to do my brand myself is just because of my nature. I have this thing where I feel uncomfortable having it done by someone else. (All 4 of my piercings were done by myself using a sewing needle and the mirror.)
I have been interested in body modification since I was about 10 or 12 years old. I always wanted to get my ears pierced like the rock stars. Then I progressed gradually to more severe body modifications. When I was about 16 I remember reading a story in Sports Illustrated about a branding done by a fraternity on all it's members. When I saw the picture, I immediately knew I wanted to be branded even though I knew nothing about it. I began searching for information on branding, but couldn't find much other than articles talking about how bad or how dangerous it was. Well, I had to find out for myself what it was like then. I remember the very first time I attempted to brand myself, it was with the metal edge around the top of a cigarette lighter. I lit the lighter and held it for a few minutes to allow it to get hot and then I pressed it against the top of my hand. It left a faint smiley face design on my hand and I was instantly amazed. I had to find a way to make a larger more visible brand. I was hesitant to use a coat hanger because I thought the pain would be unbearable. The next best thing I could find was a paper clip. For my first brand with the paper clip I just bent one end of the clip into a circle and bent the other end up at a 90 degree angle to act as a handle. I decided to place it on my arm, just below my shoulder, so my mom would not see it. I generally don't walk around the house with my shirt off so it wouldn't be a problem. I wiped my arm down with an alcohol swab, then began to heat the paper clip with a small weather proof cigarette lighter (the kind that's like a small hand torch). When the entire circle of the paper clip was red hot, I pressed it onto my arm in the appropriate place and held it. I was really surprised by how painless the whole thing was. I was sweating nervously before thinking of how painful it would be, but it was not any more painful than my allergy shots were. I held the paper clip against my arm for about 15 seconds, just long enough to make sure the design was even. Then, when I pulled it away, it hurt quite a bit. This is because the skin melted to the clip and it ripped away a layer of skin when I pulled out the clip. I looked at my new brand and thought, "wow, I'm probably the only person around here that has a brand." I thought I was so cool. I showed the brand off to everyone. Most people asked the ever present question "Didn't that hurt?", and a few of my better friends asked how I did it, as if they wanted to get one. So, I told them I would show them the next weekend. I decided I wanted to do something a bit more elaborate for my next piece. I decided I would do something that I wouldn't necessarily regret in years to come, my initials. A few hours before I went to my friends house, I began preparing the paper clips. This brand would take 2 paper clips, one in the shape of a J and one just in a straight line. I bent the clips until they were perfect, then I marked the place on my other arm where I was to place the brand. I tried to center it the best I could using a mirror. When I was satisfied with the placement, I gathered my various tools and was off to my friends house. We all gathered around the coffee table in the living room. I laid out my tools on the table and began by swabbing my arm with alcohol. The whole time I was explaining everything to them, like a teacher in a class. I started with the J shaped paper clip, heating it up, then placing it over my arm, lining it up, then pressing it against my arm. This time I pressed a little harder, and only left it on for about 5 seconds. This one was much less painful. At this point they were all in awe of me. I finished the brand with 4 strikes of the straight clip. After I was done, my friends all decided they wanted to get brands of their initials, so I got some more paper clips and proceeded to brand my four friends. It was like a symbol of our friendship, and I felt so cool around them because it was my idea. The 2 guys were branded on the arm, below the shoulder, and the 2 girls decided to place the brand on the inside of their ankles.
To this day, three years later, I still haven't had a professional
brand, but I do have a few more of my self brands. My most recent brand
is the initials of a very special girl that I placed symbolically over
my heart. I must say this brand was a bit more painful than all the
brands on my arms.
Once again, I do not endorse or encourage self branding. Professional branding is definitely your safest way to go. Now that I look back on it, I'm surprised I didn't get any severe infections due to the lack of sanitary materials used in the process. I attribute the lack of infection to the constant use of peroxide and neosporin. If you do choose to self brand yourself by these means or by others, I encourage you to be very careful, clean, and take care of the brand. Neosporin and peroxide worked well for healing all my brands.
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When AMD launched its 780G chipset early this year, it was hailed as one of the best integrated chipsets in the market. Intel was yet to deliver on its newer 4-series chipset then and its older 3-series integrated solutions with its GMA 3100 were obviously not up to the task of taking on the newcomer, especially with its Avivo HD hardware. With its decent integrated graphics performance, the 780G also became the basis for AMD's new Puma mobile platform.
The 780G however is a solely mainstream product, which is why it's proving to be a popular choice among system integrators. Despite this, there remained a product segment gap between the mid-range 780G and AMD's designated enthusiast chipset, the 790FX which is the first 7-series chipset supporting the new Phenom processors and an integral part of AMD's Spider platform.
AMD's reply was to beef up the Radeon HD 3200 integrated GPU (a disguised Radeon HD 2400 PRO) on the 780G by having the same GPU running at a higher core clock. Additionally, this new integrated GPU (known as the Radeon HD 3300) has access to a dedicated memory bank dubbed SidePort memory to ensure even better performance with some local memory. While such a practice is not limited just to the 790GX chipset (for example, Gigabyte has a 780G board enhanced with SidePort memory), it's an almost standard feature now on the 790GX class of boards. Naturally, AMD's Hybrid Graphics is supported so you can pop in a Radeon HD 3450/70 card and enable CrossFireX if you choose to, though we aren't too optimistic about the performance gain.
There's also a new Southbridge, the SB750, which is a minor upgrade to the SB700 Southbridge (addition of RAID 5 functionality) and a decent increase in the number of SATA and USB ports if your previous board is on the SB600. It's not that significant of an increase either way and one could even treat it as a SB600 version 2 effectively.
For the enthusiast however, there's an interesting nugget on the SB750 by AMD in the form of Advanced Clock Calibration (ACC), a new feature which can allow for higher overclocks on a Phenom processor due to some internal mojo that AMD engineers have done and which they won't reveal besides saying that it involves connecting unused pins on the Phenom CPU to the SB750 Southbridge in order to change the CPU's internal timings. This will make it easier to reach some of the higher overclocks long desired by Phenom owners.
So, the 790GX chipset will come with this latest Southbridge and befitting its performance value segment, it will have a pair of PCIe 2.0 x16 expansion slots for CrossFireX (configured to two x8 interfaces when in CrossFire), as compared to a single PCIe 2.0 x16 slot on the standard 780G. And its retail price also reflects this positioning, with the 790GX sandwiched between the 790FX and the 780G in pricing, though in this case, from what we have seen, it's probably closer to the 780G chipsets.
In any case, we managed to get our hands on two 790GX + SB750 motherboards from Foxconn and MSI recently and we tested both out in our labs. Before we delve into the individual boards, here are the technical specifications for both:-
|Foxconn A7DS-A
|MSI DKA790GX Platinum
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