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Small Steps 4 Hannah - Long Lunch Fundraiser
Southside Junior Strings Workshop 2022
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In our line of work, you see a lot of hot metal. Auto shows, concourses, historics, track days, car clubs — you name it. All filled to the brim with the sort of rides that make men pant. But never mind the job, just living in California gives you a front row seat to some of the world's most stunning cars. During a half hour phone call with the Postfather last week I saw a bright yellow Porsche GT and a black-on-black Rolls-Royce Phantom. Later that day, on the same street (Montana) in Santa Monica I caught an orange Smart FourTwo, a Bentley Continental GTC, a RUF Porsche of some sort and a yellow Lamborghini Miura. Killer cars, the lot of them, but really, just another day in automotive paradise (OK, the Miura raised my pulse a beat or two). However, compared to what crossed my path a few months back in San Francisco, all the aforementioned machinery may as well have been a crop of Pontiacs at a rental auction.
Picture it: There I was, somewhere north of Market stopped at a red light when a crimson Talbot-Lago T150C SS Figoni et Falaschi sped by. I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. Those things actually exist? Moreover, there are owners with gonads robust enough to drive $3.5 million cars in the bumper-busting, fender-gouging hell that is SF? Couldn't be. I had to follow that beautiful apparition and find out. Trouble was, I was in the right-hand lane and the Talbot-Lago was on a one way flowing to my left. Do I run the red? Do I dare make like a black Dodge Charger R/T and hang a smoky drop-clutch left?
I should have, but didn't. Better men than I would have. Part of my problem, was disbelief. Had I just witnessed an actual Goutte d'Eau? Outside of a seaside golf course, sightings like that just don't happen. A few minutes later I had Murliee Martin in my car and I told him what I thought I'd seen. "Really?" said the master of street-side car observation, his voice filled with doubt. "Yeah, I really think so." Interestingly, if I would have told Mr. Martin I'd spied essentially any other car, even a 300SL Gullwing Coupe, his response would have been, "Sweet!" Talbot-Lago Raindrop Coupes however, are just that fantastical.
Read about cars long enough and without fail somebody starts tossing the term "art" around. Usually marketing types. And while generally like the new Caddys for example, art is a stretch. But see, the Talbot-Lago Coupes actually are art. No, really. In 1951 New York MOMA held an exhibition called Eight Automobiles, though most people know it by the more famous nickname, Hollow Rolling Sculpture. Some examples included along with the Raindrop/Teardrop were a 1941 Lincoln Continental, a coffin-nosed Cord, a Cisitalia 202 Pinin Farina and a Willys Jeep. If that ain't art, we don't know what is. Actually, we do. You're looking right at it.
The most important part of this car's rather cumbersome moniker is Figoni et Falaschi. A French design house noted for their extrovertedness to the point that American and British critics disparagingly referred to the team as "phony and flashy." That's not nice, especially considering that famed designer Joseph Figoni (as opposed to accountant Ovidio Falaschi) was simply obsessed with aerodynamics. Two or three seconds spent studying these Talbot-Lagos (or the nearly as stunning Delahaye 135 MS Figoni & Falaschis) confirms that cheating the wind was a top priority. As was making the cars utterly stunning. In the case of the T150C SS, where form allowed for function and vice-versa then back again, both goals were transcendently achieved.
Which is all well and good for the layman. Luckily, for those of us with hearts full of Bondo and 50 weight, these beauties were performers. Racers, in fact. The nearly 200 horsepower inline-six featured hemispherical combustion chambers and three Stromberg carburetors. The four-wheel drums were considered superb for the time (1937). So sporting were the underlying components that in 1938 a Teardrop Coupe built on a shortened SS chassis took third overall at Le Mans behind two Delehayes (and several places ahead of the Nazi-era Adlers). In the 1939 24-hour race, a different Raindrop was running in ninth place before it was forced to bail. In our eyes, the very fact that men were capable of looking at raw gorgeousness like these Talbot-Lagos and thinking, "Let's beat these to death at Le Mans" is proof pudding the world was a very different place before WW2.
Monsieur Figoni only managed to hammer out fourteen Talbot-Lago T150C SS cars between 1937 and 1939, each one unique and customized to the whims of their very wealthy owners. Shockingly, most of these cars still survive, which is both a testament to their outstanding build quality and the lusty desirability of the design. These days people mostly think of the Teardrops as de rigeur bunting for concours events. The fact that these brilliant machines typically take home a blue ribbon when they bother to show up doesn't help the situation. The T150C's racing prowess however, tells a different tale. One of a very serious carmaker at the pinnacle of its game. We would be honored to park one of the dozen or so remaining examples in our Fantasy Garage (chassis #90107, preferably). Hell, why not two? And as good as Figoni et Falaschi's masterpiece would look being diaper rubbed by us, we'd be lying if we didn't admit that T150C SS Coupes look fifty-times better bombing down the mean streets of San Francisco. Cause like, that's art, man. Happy voting.
[The Jalopnik Fantasy Garage appears every Tuesday. Though, because of Monday Night Football, this will be switching shortly to every Wednesday. Readers vote the cars in or out. The idea is that we'll have 50 cars in our Fantasy Garage, the world's greatest mechanic and endless wads of cash. Would you like to nominate a car for the Fantasy Garage? Write firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject line "Fantasy."]
The Jalopnik Fantasy Garage, So Far:
RUF RT12 | 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage | Honda 1300 Coupe 9 | 1931 Daimler Double Six 50 Corsica Drophead Coupe | Ferrari 288 GTO | Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 | 1970 Buick GSX 455 | First Generation BMW M Coupe | Bugatti Veyron 16.4 | Ford GT | Citroen SM | Porsche 928 | Jensen FF | DeTomaso Vallelunga | Audi Quattro S1 | Buick GNX | Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R | Honorary Fantasy Garager: The LS1 Powered Rotus | Lamborghini LM002 | Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe | Ferrari 250 GTO | Bentley Speed Six

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Israel's captured youths: Gilad Shalit and a Palestinian girl with braces
In an interview, Baraah Malki – one of the first of 20 female Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in exchange for a video of kidnapped soldier Shalit – talks about her time in prison.
| Jalazon Refugee Camp, West Bank
Baraah Malki, one of 20 Palestinian prisoners Israel released in exchange for a video of captured soldier Gilad Shalit, can hardly believe that she's home.
Just as she could hardly believe what she'd done when she woke up in an Israeli prison cell on Nov. 29 last year.
The day before, she'd gone out in the morning on a pretense of leaving for school, but instead headed for an Israeli military checkpoint with a large kitchen knife stashed in her knapsack. She was planning to stab a soldier, but was spotted, she says. She dropped the knife and ran.
She was quickly arrested and later convicted of attempted murder. The sentence was 3.5 years, but because she was only 14, her sentence was reduced to 11 months.
Now in a bit of a daze that she's actually free, she is back home – one of the first of the 20 prisoners to be released, though the fact that her release was imminent anyway has prompted Israel to free another prisoner on Sunday. Baarah is also the youngest of the group – and probably the only one with braces on her teeth. Like Sergeant Shalit, who was 19 at the time he was captured by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid, her youth seems to underscore the extent to which young people here continue to pay the price of a conflict their elders have failed to solve.
Why she plotted to stab Israeli soldiers
Tall, veiled, and wide-eyed, Baraah is the youngest of eight children, two of them brothers in Israeli jails. More than a year ago, she recalls, the army came to their house here in the Jalazon Refugee Camp, north of Ramallah, in the middle of the night. The soldiers got the whole family up, and then she watched as they dealt roughly with her brother Mohammed, then 18, and ultimately arrested him.
"All of this made me feel that it's not worth living," she says, telling of her decision to go on what she envisioned as a suicide attack, expecting to be shot by the soldiers after she stabbed one or two of them. "I wanted to do something, anything, to get revenge."
When she woke up in Jerusalem's Russian Compound the next day, a place Israel often holds Palestinian prisoners immediately after arrest, she was shocked and confused. "There were times when I regretted what I did," she says.
Minister of prisoner affairs pays a visit
On her first day home, the Malki living room keeps filling with well-wishers and curious teenage girls her age – old friends from the camp who now seem young and immature to her.
"What I saw in jail, a woman who's 50 has not seen," Baraah says. "Suddenly, I became older. In the interrogation, I was threatened and pushed around to the point where I admitted to things I hadn't done."
One of those who has come to celebrate her homecoming is the Palestinian Authority's minister of Prisoners Affairs, Issa Qraqe. With 7,430 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel on security-related charges, according the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, Mr. Qraqe's position involves arguing for prisoners' rights and releases, as well as helping the families of those in jail.
Qraqe says this week's deal appears to be a test of readiness for a more substantial exchange that would involve a much larger number of prisoners in exchange for Shalit. And, he adds, it's one area where Fatah – the faction that dominates the Palestinian Authority – sees eye to eye with Hamas, the militant organization that ousted its rival from Gaza two years ago.
"This is an indicator and a precursor to a bigger exchange deal," says Qraqe. "In spite of our political differences with Hamas, prisoners is a subject that no one disagrees on."
Mothers in prison – and out, waiting anxiously
Many of the other women who went home Friday are older, and some were convicted of more serious offenses during the height of the second intifada, which exploded nine years ago this month.
One, Gaza's Fatima al-Zeg, who is 40, was arrested by Israeli security forces in May 2007 and charged with being an accomplice to a suicide bombing. She was two months pregnant at the time.
She arrived in Gaza to much fanfare with 18-month-old Yousef, having reared him so far in prison. Hamas proclaimed him "the youngest Palestinian prisoner."
That having loved ones in prisons is a regular facet of life for many Palestinians is written all over the walls of the Malki's living room. The walls boast pictures of their imprisoned sons, a guns-and-glory photo of one of their sons' friends who died a shahid, or martyr, and a bevy of special 8 x 10 cards, provided by the Ministry of Prisoners Affairs, that look like awards. They go out to the mothers of prisoners each year during the major holidays with a small gift, thanking them for their sacrifices to the cause.
Fathiye Malki, Baraah's mother, says she could deal with that much, but not with having her youngest daughter in jail. Her friend, sitting nearby, says Mrs. Malki had a breakdown when she found out about what her daughter had done.
"I never brought them up to be this way, but the situation, the soldiers, provokes them," Malki says. "I spend my life making prison visits to my children. Maybe the Israelis hope it will change them, but I think it only makes them harder."
To hear more on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, watch this week's edition of the Monitor's "Talk to the Editor" with Ilene Prusher.


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Shaykh Abdulfattah Abu Ghuddah
Shaykh Abdulfattah Abu Ghuddah (rahimahullah ta`ala) (1917 – 1997)
Shaykh Abu Ghuddah was one of the few best Islamic Scholars known in this era. He is known all over the world from Brunei to North America for his outstanding achievements in Hadith and Islamic Law (Shari'ah).
Shaykh Abdul Fattah bin Muhammad bin Bashir bin Hasan Abu Ghuddah (ra) was born in the city of Aleppo in the north of Syria in the year 1917 (CE). His father, Muhammad, was well known for his piety and adherence to Islam. He was in textile business, something that he had inherited from his father, Bashir, one of the biggest traders of textiles in Aleppo. The lineage of the Shaykh goes back to the great Sahabi, Khalid bin Walid RA).
His Search for Knowledge
The Shaykh studied at the Islamic Arab Institute in Aleppo, and then at the Khesrevia Madrassah (now known as Shari'ah Secondary school). He graduated in 1942. He continued his pursuit of knowledge at Al-Azhar, in Cairo, in the school of Shari'ah between 1944 and 1948 in psychology and principles of education, faculty of Arabic language, and graduated from Al-Azhar in 1950.
His Teachers
In Syria:
Among the most prominent of his teachers, were: Shaykh Raghib Al-Tabakh, Shaykh Ahmad Al-Zarqa, Shaykh Eisa Bayanuni, Shaykh Muhammad Al-Hakeem, Shaykh Asad Abji Shaykh Ahmad Kurdi, Shaykh Najib Sirajuddin and Shaykh Mustafa Al-Zarqa.
In Egypt:
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Khidr Husayn, Shaykh Abdul Majid Daraz, Shaykh Abdul Halim Mahmud, Shaykh Mahmud Shaltut [all Shaykhs of al-Azhar at one time]. He also met Shaykh Mustafa Sabri (Shaykh of the Ottoman Khilafa), Shaykh Muhammad Zahid Al-Kawthari, and Imam Hasan Al-Banna greatly benefiting and learning from them.
His Travels
Shaykh Abu Ghuddah travelled to most Arab countries and to Turkey, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, meeting and learning from scholars of these countries, as well as they benefiting from his knowledge.
As a result of his numerous visits to India and Pakistan, he was able to bring much of the knowledge of the Indian subcontinent to Arabia. He produced numerous tracts and books and was responsible for spreading these among scholars. Among the prominent scholars that he met in those countries were: Shaykh Muhammad Shafi' Mufti of Pakistan, Mufti Atiqur Rahman of Delhi, Shaykh Mohammad Zakaria Kandahlawi, Shaykh Muhammad Elias Kandahlawi, Shaykh Mohammad Yusuf Banwori, Shaykh Muhammad Latif, Shaykh Abul Wafa Al-Afghani, Shaykh Abul A'la Maududi and Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.
His Academic work
After he had completed his studies in Egypt, Shaykh Abu Ghuddah returned to Syria in 1951 where he was chosen as the leading teacher in Islamic Education, winning first prize. He taught Islamic Studies for eleven years in Aleppo, wrote text books in this field and also taught in Madrassah Sha'baniyah, a Shari'ah school specializing in producing scholars and orators. He then transferred to the College of Shari'ah in the University of Damascus, where he taught Usul Al-Fiqh, Hanafi Fiqh and Comparative Fiqh for three years.
After that he directed the production of an Encyclopaedia on Islamic Fiqh in the College of Shari'ah in Damascus for about two years, during which he also completed a Dictionary of Fiqh Al-Muhalla of Ibn Hazm which had been started by some of his colleagues. This was produced by the University of Damascus in two large volumes.
Political Career
In 1962, the Shaykh was elected as a member of Parliament for Aleppo City, despite the fierce opposition he faced from other contenders. He used this position to help and promote the interests of Islam and Muslims in Syria. The Shaykh was imprisoned in 1966 and spent eleven months in prison with other scholars before being released in June 1967.
Move to Saudi
After his release, he returned to Aleppo, but eventually moved to Saudi Arabia. There he taught at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University in Riyadh during the years 1965-1988. He also helped to develop and plan courses and programs at the University.
He was invited as a visiting Professor at Um Durman Islamic University in Sudan. He also participated in many seminars and conferences and also worked for a period in King Saud University in Riyadh.
In recognition of his scholarly achivement, Muslim scholars nominated the Shaykh in 1995 for the Prize of Sultan Brunei for Islamic Studies. The prize was offered to the Shaykh by the Oxford Centre for Islamic studies, in a ceremony in London attended personally by the Sultan and other dignilaries and scholars.
His Character
The Shaykh exemplified a distinct, noble character, the character of a Scholar and a Mujahid. His knowledge and intelligence were vast. His love and concern for the Muslim Ummah and humanity was great. He showed great insight in his grasp of the problems afflicting Muslims. He was polite and gentle in his speech and touched the hearts of those whom he communicated with. He was smart, and quick witted in his response and people's hearts would turn towards him with love, respect and trust. He was far from extremism and would not be reactive or easily provoked. He would always judge matters in the light of the Shari'ah and taught his students to do the same.
His Da'wah
In the 1940's the Shaykh met with Hasan Al-Banna, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. When he returned to Syria he was very active in the work of da'wah both generally and with the brotherhood, as his character was highly trusted and he possessed distinctive leadership qualities.
He became a leader and guide for Islamic work in Syria and was eventually chosen to be in-charge of the Syrian group of activists. During his stay in Syria, he was like a living, moving school that taught more than three generations of du'at and activists, all of whom were proud to benefit from his vast sea of knowledge. Apart from the weekly Jumu'ah khutbas that he used to deliver, he also had three lessons per week as follows:
1) Questions and Answers session: held after Jumu'ah, dealing with everyday matters. He would give his fatwas with evidences and with full consideration of the contemporary situation in which people lived.
2) Fiqh classes on Mondays: In which he would follow a comparative approach to Fiqh.
3) Hadith classes on Thursdays.
His Struggle
In the mid 1960s the Shaykh worked to rally scholars and bring unity among Muslims, to show their strength and stand up for their concerns. Despite the weakness of Muslims, he persevered in his efforts, undeterred by the sometimes lukewarm response of the Muslims, buried in their worldly concerns. In Kheservia Mosque, where thousands of people would gather every week, the Shaykh would raise contemporary issues and used to speak against the tide of secularism. For this he was often threatened from every direction, but stood firm in the face of this, replying with his famous couplet: "I do not care when I am killed as a Muslim, whichever side of me takes the mortal wound for Allah."
The Shaykh passed away in the early hours of Sunday 9th Shawwal 1417 / 16th February 1997. He was buried in Jannat al-Baqi` in Madinat al-munawwara. May Allah shower his mercy on Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah. May He reward him abundantly, widen his grave and make it a part of the gardens of Paradise. May He assign him with the Prophets and righteous people. May Allah grant him the best rewards. Surely our Lord is the one Who listens and Answers prayers and All praise is due to Him.


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Hogs Trail One of the most underrated areas in Sedona is Munds Wilderness. Many people in the past would take on this area because the predominant trail for this area, Broken Arrow, is adjacent to a heavily traveled jeep road. A new day has arrived…while you still must hike a portion of Broken Arrow to get to Hogs, the trail departs from the … [Read More...]
Welcome to The Hike House
The uniqueness of the Total Sedona Hiking Experience is in all that it encompasses. Hiking Sedona is not simply about walking down the Sedona trails. It is a journey, a journey that begins well before you christen the rocks with the soles of your feet. It begins with the mere anticipation of being back in nature and continues through the stages of planning and preparation. The eagerness builds as you select the appropriate gear and the perfect Sedona trail. Then, finally you arrive…you arrive at your destination as you watch nature's beauty unfold before your very eyes. The overwhelming feeling comes upon you, "I am back in nature the way God intended." The beauty, the majesty, and the peace leave an indelible mark upon your being. The Hike House will look to improve, enhance, and capture the essence of your Total Sedona Hiking Experience.
Hiking Center of Sedona
The Hike House offers all the elements that bring the hiking experience to life: Sedona Trail Finder, Hiking Footwear & Gear, On & Off Trail Apparel, Hiking Safety, Guided Adventures, free Hiking Clinics, and the hiker's Energy Café. The Video below describes each of these elements.
Visit the Day Hike Capital of America
Sedona Arizona is the Day Hike Capital of America with over 100 hiking trails. Hiking is the largest and fastest growing sector of tourism in Sedona. The Hike House is committed to improving the hiking experience of each hiker and in doing so building a loyal Sedona tourism industry. Visit Sedona, visit the Hike House, experience Sedona hiking trails, and we know you will return again and again.
The diversity of Sedona trails is as amazing as the challenge to select the best trail for you and your group. In keeping with our goal of delivering the best hiking experience we introduced the Sedona Trail Finder, a high definition visually interactive database of all of the Sedona trails and trail data (an experience in itself). Sedona hikes have never been easier to research and plan.
The Sedona Trail Finder allows you and your group an opportunity to discuss criteria and filter through trails, identify appropriate trails, and select the best Sedona trails for you. Hiking Sedona has never been better and guaranteeing the best Hiking Experience has never been easier.
The Sedona Trail Finder has received acclaim locally, statewide, and nationally. The reviews and feedback from hikers are incredible. Hiking Sedona is becoming a better experience for many and the Day Hike Capital of America is attracting more and more hikers.
Announcing the Sedona Trail Rating System
The trail data in the Sedona Trail Finder was a collaborative effort of local experts including our Sedona hiking trail guides. The Hike House has now introduced the Sedona Trail Rating System to allow the public to comment and rate Sedona trails based on their individual experience. The Sedona Trail Rating System is accessible by the public and includes trail data, photos and videos
The Sedona Trail Rating System is quickly becoming Sedona's most recognized, comprehensive, and useful on-line hiking resource for anyone hiking Sedona. The Sedona Trail Rating System is being added to daily by authors, photographers, and most importantly YOU!
Together the Sedona Trail Finder and the Sedona Trail Rating System create the most sophisticated experience driven technology platform for hiking in the nation. All Sedona hikes are different and each provides a special hiking experience. The Hike House makes it easy and fun to research all Sedona hikes and select the ones that you will enjoy most.
You visit Sedona to hike. Your vacation experience and satisfaction is the goal of our hotels, car rental agencies, restaurants, art galleries, and everyone here in Sedona but your hiking experience and satisfaction is the goal of The Hike House. Hiking Sedona has become a new and better experience for countless hikers and their families from everywhere around the world.
We promise you a great hiking experience. Come visit us at The Hike House.
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|Option #1 – Bienvenue coir doormat (above)
This is my front door at my little tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills. It is a black shiny front door with frosted glass widow panes.
My front door decor is simple, the black door, white trim, brushed silver knob and lock, a square silver outdoor sconce for lighting and finally the door is flanked by potted boxwood topiaries. My front door was yellow at one point and then it was brown. Now this is it. A glossy shiny black front door.
This past weekend I was thinking a lot about door design for a guest post I am doing for another website. I wanted share a photo of my front door but realized I needed a new doormat. So off I went on Memorial Day…in search of the perfect doormat.
I, of course, can never make a descision so I bought three different doormats.
Option #1 (above) – A coir front doormat with black frame and Bienvenue written on it
Option #2 (below) – A coir doormat with black and white ticking stripes
Option #3 (below) – A simple wire lattice mat
Now I need your help! Vote on which doormat you think works for my front door decor?
Take a look…
|Option #2 – Ticking stripe coir doormat – $54 (above)
|Option #3 – Wire doormat – $48 (above)
My mom, sis DS and TE all weighed in…they all picked Option #3 (the wire doormat). I can't decided whether Option #1 with Bienvenue ("welcome" in French) is cheesy because of the words…I have never had a doormat with writing on it. I like Option #2 a lot too. Each day this week, I have put a different doormat out to figure out which I like best. Help!
There is also the option of no doormat…but then I worry about my new wood floors…
Please weigh in by commenting below. Which doormat would you choose? What might you add to my front door decor?
Happy Wednesday!
P.S. Thank you for all of the nice comments and emails about the COCOCOZY feature on the Architectural Digest website. You are all too sweet!
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St. Hierotheos was a very learned pagan from Athens who was converted by St. Paul in about the year a.d. 53. St. Paul also ordained him to become the first bishop of Athens. He is often also given the title in Greek of "Thesmothete" which means literally, "rule-setter." In Athens, St. Hierotheos was a friend of St. Dionysios the Areopagite, whom he frequently visited and instructed more fully in the Christian Faith. St. Dionysios had also been converted and baptized by St. Paul.
St. Hierotheos was known to be a fine singer, preacher, and writer of hymns, and converted many Greeks to the Christian Faith. By Divine Providence, St. Hierotheos was brought, along with St. Dionysious the Areopagite, to Jerusalem at the time of the Virgin Mary's Dormition, or her falling asleep in the Lord, in about a.d. 52 or shortly thereafter. St. Hierotheos, whose name means "sanctified by God" in Greek, sang hymns at her funeral when he was with the Apostles who were gathered there. After a life of service to Christ, Whom he loved, St. Hierotheos was crowned with the wreath of martyrdom at the end of the 1st century.


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Quincy Pondexter arrived in Seattle, a five-star recruit with the promise of NBA written all over him. A program changing prospect, expectations were high. But after his first three seasons as a Husky, those seemed like empty hopes. Not to say he was a total bust, but after he came in with expectations and posted a pretty solid freshman campaign (11/4/2, 109/22), his subsequent two seasons displayed minimal improvement.
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Consistently sound but was this to be QPon's ceiling? His 2007 five-star contemporaries were being drafted if not leading their teams to great places. Pondexter got to dance in 2009 but headed into 2009-10, the Dawgs didn't have particularly high expectations for their senior.
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Pac-12 tournament champions. Sweet 16. Pondexter's monster year came in the nick of time. And that's the beauty of college sports. Maybe there's corruption on the recruiting side of things and a product that's not quite professional grade, but like watching a Snap Chat, there's something to knowing that what's right in front of you will soon be gone. The senior is that rare position in which it's laid on the line for one full season. There's no next because, as the commercial says, most of them will be going professional in something other than sports (though if you have a season like Pondexter you're probably going professional in something related to sports, namely playing them).
Quincy embodied that for a season – a relatively rare accomplishment – and I'm sure we could each recount a moment in which a senior's gut captivated us. But there is a precedent for what QPon did. I could rattle on about Jason Terry or Kyle Fogg from my backyard. Landry Fields, Carrick Felix, Matthew Bryan-Amaning and Aaron Brooks from elsewhere. These were guys that followed similar paths as the aforementioned QPon and erupted with their NCAA clock nearing expiration.
|Fr-Jr Averages*
|Senior Year
|Sr Year Post Season
|Jason Terry**
|8p 2r 3a
|22p 3r 6a
|NCAA 3 seed. Lost 1st round***
|Aaron Brooks
|11p 3r 4a
|18p 4r 4a
|NCAA 2 seed. Lost E8
|Landry Fields
|7p 4r 1a
|22p 9r 3a
|14-18. No tournaments
|Matthew Bryan-Amaning
|6p 4r 1a
|15p 8r 1a
|NCAA 7 seed. Lost 2d round
|Kyle Fogg
|8p 2r 2a
|14p 4r 2a
|Carrick Felix
|8p 3r 1a
|15p 8r 2a
|NIT. Lost 2d round
*These are quick and dirty averages across their first three seasons on campus
**No ORtg and %shot data available
***Utterly broke my heart to see Michael Wright mistakenly step onto the court before inbounding the ball late and sealing a first round exit for one of the greatest Wildcat seniors of all time which I watched alone in my bedroom on an antennaed TV on a Friday afternoon that somehow was a middle school half day.
And so I ask, who could do that this year? Who amongst the statesmen of the Pac-12 can embrace their impending eligibility and have a monster swan song?
John Gage, F, Stanford – This biggun was called the best shooter in the Pac-12 by Jeff Eisenberg. Not many 13mpg players get called out as being the best shooter in a conference. What's more, Gage is a member of the senior class Dwight Powell stuck around to take care of unfinished business with. With Andy Brown unfortunately off the roster, Gage should have further chances to play that stretch forward position.
Richard Solomon, C, Cal – Another biggun making the breakout senior list, Solomon has tremendous up side that he has yet to realize. I love his athleticism and think he's on a roster where that athleticism can flourish. He's foul prone, sure, but if he can manage to refine his game a little, look out.
Angus Brandt, C, Oregon State – He spent last season injured and was poised to break out then. He's now going to be relied upon even further as Eric Moreland won't soon be joining the team.
Jermaine Marshall, G, ASU – He put up very solid numbers one season ago at Penn State (15/4/3) and then he graduated to Tempe (not from Tempe). Those are already gaudy numbers but I could see him having the opportunity to go even bigger with Jahii Carson making moves throughout the lane for this spot up shooter.
JT Terrell, G, USC – Terrell is a shooter and would likely seem to thrive in a shooting system. Exit: Kevin O'Neill. Enter: Andy Enfield. Dunk city is going to give Terrell further freedom to fire it up. He's the top scorer returning to the Galen Center and should likely receive the lion's share of touches.
Mike Moser, F, Oregon -This one maybe isn't quite deserving of making this list but as compared to his previous season, Moser is poised to have another monster season. He's in a system that doesn't have Anthony Bennett and he's already shown just how good he can be (2011-12 Moser was 14/10).
Somebody really cool that we barely know about who's role is suddenly expanded or talent realized because of the fleeting nature of his time on the campus where he's fallen in love with coaches and teammates and fans and the experience since arriving a green, 18-year-old with aspirations of t-shirts and hats – Any names come to minds?


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Bullard Hosts The Red White & Blue Festival Saturday
Bullard will be hosting the Red White & Blue Festival on Saturday (November 3rd) to raise money to support veterans. The festival will begin with a parade and will have carnival rides, bounce houses, games, live entertainment, a car show and conclude with a concert and the best part is it's free to the public!
The festival will start off with a parade beginning at 10a followed by the veteran's ceremony at 11a with all the other activities opening up after. There will be games for the kids to play, rides, bounce houses, carnival style food and more! Live music will begin around 2p, the Bart Crow Band and Six Market Blvd. will be on stage around 6:30p, then at 8:30p it'll be Johnny Lee and the Urban Cowboy Band wrapping up the evening. Bring the entire family out for a day of fun while supporting our veteran's.


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The city of Memphis is being sued for allegedly discarding (or otherwise losing) thousands and thousands (more than a dozen of thousands) of rape kits that they allowed to accumulate untested for decades. Happy Boxing Day, everyone!
According to a lawsuit filed by an unnamed Memphis woman who was a victim of sexual assault 13 years ago, the Memphis Police Department has been exceptionally shitty about actually doing a thing — a single thing — about testing them.
You'd think with all this technology we have nowadays it would be easier to stay organized, but it seems that life is more confusing than ever. Where are my keys? Where is my fancy-pantsy phone? Where are those 15,000 untested rape kits? Did I throw those away with that ball of old receipts at the bottom of my purse?
Memphis isn't the only municipality with a big closet full o' TK rape kits; according to estimates, around 180,000 rape kits remain untested across the country.
This is especially upsetting when taking into consideration the process of submitting to a post-rape forensic medical exam can be upsetting and traumatic for victims, involving a head-to-toe exam, including an internal exam and photo documentation. That thousands of women submitted to the process and trusted law enforcement would follow up only to be let down by the institutions that are supposed to protect is unconscionable. If police departments exist to protect civilians, only they fail to protect half of civilians, then for what purpose do police departments exist?


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StarDunk Gold - Online Basketball in Space
- Publisher: Godzilab
- Genre: Entertainment
- Released: 18 Jan, 2011
- Size: 31.0 MB
- Price: $2.99
- App Store Info
DescriptionStardunk is now available with zero ads
Live Multiplayer Basketball with Gamecenter
More than 10 millions have downloaded and are enjoying Stardunk, come and join us for super fun parties of more than a thousands of players.
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"that's kinda like Space Jam, and that should be enough to make you run over to the App Store and download this game straight away"
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"This is one of the best online experiences for the iPhone platform that will keep you coming back for more."
StarDunk is combining the best of basketball, massive online competition and retro games.
- Massive online competition against all the players from the planet
- Powerful bonuses to increase your score
- Earn awards and unlock more than 20 unique balls, each with its unique capacities
- Create amazing new balls with a wide variety of abilities and visuals
- 60 FPS on iPhone/iPod 3rd and 4th gen with enhanced graphics and next-gen shaders.
- Add your friends to Plus+ and Gamecenter and play against them online
- Race to the top of global leaderboards for high scores glory
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Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility (VT) Inmate Search & Look Up - Prison Roster
|26 Woodside Drive, Woodside, VT, 05446
|Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility Website
Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility Correctional Facility, located in the city of Woodside, Chittenden County, Vermont, is a highly secured jail that currently hosts thousands of inmates. These inmates have been convicted under the law of Vermont state and according to the listed penalty, inmates who are 18+ are serving time in the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility for unforgivable crimes. The State Prison authority is responsible for looking after this facility.
You can access complete information about Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility including inmate search procedure, direction to prison, visitation hours and rules, and methods to share mails, packages, or money with the inmates through this page.
Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility - Prison Detail
|Facility Name
|Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility
|Facility Type
|State Prison
|26 Woodside Drive, Woodside, VT, 05446
|Postal Code
|Chittenden County
|Official Website
Inmate Search in Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility
You can search for any inmate that is currently serving time in the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility by:
- Visit the official website for the county jail and tap on the lookup link.
- Call the jail authorities at 802-655-4990 for queries and requests.
However, make sure that you can provide complete information at the time of the contact. Before you can search for any inmate, you would be asked to share age, date of birth, inmate ID, full name, and other necessary data for verification.
How To Deliver a Package of Mail to Inmates
You are allowed to share a package or mail with inmates given you only deliver the items that fall on the approved list and have obtained prior approval from the specific prison administration. In case of confusion, you can contact 802-655-4990.
The package should be addressed to the following location:
Inmate Name
Inmate ID
26 Woodside Drive, Woodside, VT, 05446
How To Sending Money With Someone In Prison
Inmates can receive money from outside to fulfil their needs while serving time. However, they need to have an active commissary account for this transfer. Once the account is active, the prisoner may receive funds through check, cash, or money order.
Visitors are also allowed to get in touch with the administrative office and deposit cash directly into the inmate's account if need be. In any case, you have to provide inmate ID and full name for successful transfer of money.
How To Get In Touch With Prisoner Via Phone Call
Although it is not possible to call an inmate yourself, someone in prison can call outside between 7.00 am to 7.30 pm. The call can be for up to 30 minutes but if it is time of rush hours, the duration may be reduced to 10 minutes or less. Moreover, the charges for the call must be beared by the receive.
How To Visit An Inmate In Prison - Visiting Hours
Only the visitors who have registered themselves with the administration are allowed to meet inmates. Consequently, your name needs to be in the approved list of visitors before you go. If there is a confusion, it is better to get in touch with the prison authorities and ensure you are on the list before planning the visit within the given time frame.
It is also necessary to bring along a valid government ID. Moreover, a prior felon or a child below 16 who visits without a guardian will not be allowed to enter.
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Visitors can use the map plotted below to find the driving directions to Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Facility .


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The puzzle consists of three wooden pieces (looks like stained radiata wood), namely an octagonal block attached by a rope to a long cylindrical rod. The rope which runs through the centre of the rod is sealed into the rod. A circular disk is attached to the end of the rope. Overall the construction and quality is good. A brass ring encircles the rope and the object of the puzzle is to remove this ring.
This is my first entanglement puzzle and my attempts to remove the ring initially ended with the brass ring and the wooden pieces all tangled up in a twisted mess. I suppose there is a reason why these puzzles are called entanglement puzzles. Now I had two objectives...one, to disentangle the knotted mess and two, to solve the puzzle by removing the ring.
The Tricky Dick is rated at a difficulty level of 8 out of 10, so I am not surprise that I didn't even come close to solving it. Honestly, even with the solution which shows the sequential steps, I still cannot quite comprehend and figure out how the brass ring is removed from the rope-wood ensemble, given that it looks really physically impossible to do so. Anyway, for entanglement puzzle enthusiasts, here is one challenging puzzle to consider.
Rick Eason has a website which features two variations of the puzzle and hints to solving. Tharn Jaggar's puzzle blog also has nice photos of the step by step solution.


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Starting tomorrow winter tires will be mandatory on most highways in British Columbia.
The provincial law takes effect on Oct. 1 and requires drivers to equip their vehicles with winter tires if they plan to travel on certain B.C. highways in the north, interior, south coast and on Vancouver Island.
Drivers operating vehicles without the right tires on designated B.C. highways could face a $121 fine.
The rules come into effect a few days after several B.C. highways saw a significant amount of snowfall this past weekend.
What's considered a winter tire?
Winter tires are marked with a symbol of a snowflake inside a three-peaked mountain placed on the sidewall of the tire.
Mud and snow tires, marked with an M+S symbol, also qualify as winter tires, though they are less effective than winter tires.
The ministry requires winter tires to have at least 3.5 millimetres of tread remaining. More info here.
Know your route before you go:
Drivers are reminded to slow down, use caution and check DriveBC when travelling during winter months.
#ShiftintoWinter— Drive BC (@DriveBC) September 28, 2019
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Debit Card Swipe Fee Debate Pits Banks vs. Merchants
A clash of titanic industries that has pitted bankers against retailers over how much it should cost to swipe your debit card and buy something is coming to a head.
Billions are at stake for both industries, but each side presents starkly different views of how the outcome will impact consumers.
Retailers say they will be able to offer a price break fevery time you swipe a debit card to buy a tank of gas or a bag of groceries. Bankers warn that consumers will get only crumbs from the retailers and banks will be forced to squeeze consumers in other ways to make up for loss of swipe fee revenue.
'Swipe' fees draw merchants' ire At issue is the fee that retailers fork over to banks to process electronic debit card payments -- known as swipe or interchange fees. For years merchants have complained that their interchange costs have risen dramatically over the past decade as debit cards have become the payment option of choice for millions of shoppers. The Federal Reserve estimates merchants pay $18 billion a year in interchange fees.
"More and more of my customers are paying with their debit cards, which is costing me more money," Nebraska grocery store owner Allen Ewoldt told the Federal Reserve Board. His was one of more than 11,000 comments submitted to federal regulators who are putting the finishing touches on a final rule that would cap debit card interchange fees. Arguments over the Fed's first draft of the rule, released in December 2010, have proven so contentious that the Fed has said it will blow past its original April 21, 2011, deadline for issuing the final version.
Those who support interchange caps assume that if merchants pay less in swipe fees, they will pass those savings on to customers in the form of lower prices at checkout. Do-it-yourself big box retailer The Home Depot pledges: "One way or another, the company will use any resulting reduction in excessive debit card fees to benefit our customers." Other retailers, however, have been mum on how they will pass savings on to shoppers.
Neither the law nor a set of proposed Fed rules detailing how the law is to be implemented requires retailers to cut their customers a break. Not only that, banks have said they'll hike other fees to make up for the lost debit card revenue -- a move that will impact all bank customers, not just debit card holders.
"I think the likelihood of this hurting community banks and requiring them to increase the fees they charge for accounts is much greater than any tiny benefit retail customers may get from any savings," FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair told lawmakers during a February 2011 U.S. Senate banking committee hearing.
When Congress passed the massive Wall Street reform law in July 2010, it included a provision requiring the Fed to issue new debit card transaction rules. Known as the Durbin amendment in honor of its sponsor, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the interchange clause mandated that large banks and credit unions could only charge debit card interchange fees that were reasonable and proportional to their costs. Instead of the current 1% to 2% per transaction fee, swipe fees would be capped at just 7 cents or 12 cents per transaction, under two alternatives proposed by the Fed. After surveying a sample of banks, regulators determined the actual cost of a debit card transaction was only 4 cents, although financial industry critics say that figure doesn't fully account for all of the costs involved.
Currently, interchange fees are set by the payment card networks, Visa and MasterCard, as part of the contracts that allow merchants and their banks to use the networks to process electronic payments.
The networks argue that interchange fees help pay for the electronic processing, fraud prevention and convenience that go along with accepting a debit card payment. A Fed analysis pegged the current average swipe fee at 44 cents, based on an average 1.14% of a $39 purchase. Its analysis said that a 12 cent cap would leave swipe fees profitable for banks -- just not massively so.
Firestorm of debate, lobbyingDebit card interchange fees are a relatively small part of the Wall Street reform law, but the issue has generated more rancor and debate than any other provision in the massive law. Two powerful Washington lobbying groups -- banks and retailers -- are pushing hard for opposing goals. Retailers want interchange fees capped and banks and credit unions want the government to butt out of private enterprise.
If you ask retailers, the change will:
- Help merchants and retailers retain billions in interchange fees they are currently paying to banks.
- Eliminate anti-competitive interchange pricing practices that have been cloaked in secrecy for years.
Bankers say the outcome will be completely different. They say the reduction in fees will:
- Lead banks and credit unions to raise fees for a variety of services for all customers -- not just debit card users.
- Result in price controls that will harm the banking industry and the economy as a whole.
- Curtail or wipe out debit card rewards programs. A few banks, including JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, have already announced debit rewards reductions in anticipation of the new interchange rules (see Banks cutting, canceling debit card rewards programs).
- Unfairly harm smaller banks and credit unions that are supposed to be exempt from interchange caps but, from a practical standpoint, will likely be subjected to them anyway.
- Further erode bank profits at a time when landmark credit card reform restrictions have also whacked the industry.
Efforts under way to delay implementationRepublican opponents of the plan have introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate (S.B. 575) to delay the scheduled July 2011 startup of debit card swipe fee caps and repeal the Fed's proposed rules. The Federal Reserve was on track to release final interchange rules on April 21, but in the midst of fierce Congressional debate and lobbying, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a letter to lawmakers in late March indicating the Fed would delay release of the final rules. The July 21, 2011, effective date was unchanged.
Some Washington lobbyists are speculating that the Fed's delay may mean the final rules will be softened to address concerns expressed by small and large banks and credit unions.
If debit card swipe rules are approved as written, "banks won't even be able to cover their expenses and will lose money on every transaction," according to Kenneth J. Clayton, card policy counsel for the American Bankers Association trade group, which submitted comments staunchly opposing the proposed Fed debit card rules. "If the rule isn't changed, the result will be increased fees for bank customers to make up for lost interchange fees charged to retailers."
Billions in revenue at stakeOne thing is clear in the debit card interchange debate: The stakes are high for both bankers and retailers. One card industry consultant, R.K. Hammer, estimates banks will lose $15.2 billion a year because of the debit interchange fee restrictions. The ABA puts the windfall to retailers at $12 billion a year should the swipe fee caps be approved. Add to that the nearly $11 billion-a-year impact of the credit card reform law . Many of the same financial institutions are also seeing less revenue from debit card overdraft fees, which were curtailed by another set of rules that took effect Aug. 15, 2010, and require accountholders to opt in to overdraft protection programs.
According to Hammer: "You can count on new fees being implemented by the affected banks: checking and savings fees, annual fees, among others."
Rapid growth in debit card paymentsDebit cards have become the nation's fastest growing payment method -- surpassing credit cards and checks in the most recent tally of noncash payment methods.
As debit has grown , retailers and merchants large and small have seen interchange fees take an increasingly large share of their profits.
"Our fees are exorbitant; they range from $1,500 to $6,000, depending on the month," writes Andrea Dorsey, who owns a Hallmark greeting card store in El Paso, Texas. She wrote to the Fed in support of debit card fee caps. "Roughly, about 60% of our customers pay with credit or debit cards. I am debating now about setting a minimum purchase of $5 before accepting cards for payment, which I believe would upset customers. A small business like mine cannot afford to absorb these fees for the big banks." (Note: Visa and MasterCard rules currently on credit card transactions.)
The banking industry counters that the savings would go into the retailers' pockets. A study paid for a banking lobbying group, the Electronic Payments Coalition, concluded: "Most large merchants would not go to the trouble of reducing prices in the near term in response to the tiny cost reductions they would receive: about 10 cents on an average $59.89 transaction and less than 2 cents on a $10 purchase."
Consumers caught in the middleGiven all of the lobbying and predictions of hiked banking fees, consumers are divided on debit card interchange.
Many see the advantages of limiting interchanges costs for merchants.
"Such a change is long overdue and would be a tremendous help, not only to the consumer, but to the economy overall," Robert Rasmussen told the Fed. "The present interchange fees ... are grossly overpriced, and the consumer, as well as the economy overall, is made to bear the burden of it."
Others are leery of what the proposed regulations could do for banking services. In his comments to the Fed on the proposal, William Collis Manning wrote he believes the interchange cap "will likely reduce or eliminate" many of the services he gets for free from his bank.
"As a consumer, I cannot afford to pay for something I've been accustomed to receiving for free," Manning wrote."Only the retailers will benefit from this harmful rule and take home billions in profits -- and consumers will be left to deal with the consequences."
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We've known that Microsoft has been working on a music service for a while now, and we finally got a chance to check it out first hand. Xbox Music is exactly what you'd want in a streaming service and store. It's complete in a way that Spotify, Amazon, and even iTunes aren't. Microsoft's new music platform is wonderful, basically.
That is, if everything you use is powered by Microsoft. Otherwise? You'll be waiting a while.
Let's start with what it is. Xbox Music, which launches on the Xbox tomorrow, is basically two separate services, joined together: Xbox Music Pass and Xbox Music Store. Music Pass is a streaming service that replaces Zune Music Pass with both a freemium tier and a $10 per month plan, similar to Spotify or Rdio. The freemium level gets you unlimited streaming to Windows 8 PCs or tablets, while the $10 subscription lets you download songs, and use the service on your Xbox and Windows Phone. The Music Store is similar to any other digital music store, like iTunes. And thankfully, it runs on money, not Microsoft Points.
The difference is that the streamed music and your purchased music will sit side-by-side in your default music playing app. So you don't have to toggle back and forth between what you own and what's available to stream. That might sound like a relatively small deal at first glance, but only having one, consolidated library, app, and marketplace to deal with is a massive deal for how you actually use your music.
But for as great as it is, everything covered here is only going to be for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 users for the foreseeable future. Xbox Music isn't available on iOS or Android or OS X at launch. And Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 and 7.5 won't be updated for it at all. That sucks. The official line on cross-platform is "within a year," with eyes toward getting it done much sooner than that, but for now, all this awesome multi-device functionality is only going to apply if you'using nothing but Microsoft gear.
The Almost-Perfect Cloud Service
On the streaming side, the service will be like other streaming services, Xbox Music's freemium period lasts for six months (and possibly longer depending on what deals Microsoft can cut when that runs out). At launch, it'll have 18 million songs available to stream in the US, and a total of 30 million globally, eventually in 22 markets (15 with free streaming at launch). As of July, Spotify was also available in 15 countries.
Adding streamed tracks to your library or playlists is handled by contextual options on albums, or individual songs. You can add to your overall library, or to individual playlists, or choose to download the song locally. You can also set your account to automatically download all the songs you add to your collection. You can't, though, add tracks to your overall library, and designate which of those you want to send to your phone (like on Rdio). It's either ship all of them, or download them one at a time from your phone.
Like Spotify, Xbox Music Pass also uses progressive download, as opposed to pure streaming, for better playback. Quality-wise, streamed music is sent at 192 WMA, and purchased music at 256 MP3. Wi-Fi wasn't great where I got a chance to listen to it, but the process of finding a song, playing it, and adding it to a playlist was really simple, and playback was consistent, considering how choppy the connection was.
For local music files that you add to your library, Xbox Music sort of works like Google Play Music, with a bit of iTunes Match thrown in. It uses a "scan and match" process to see if you've uploaded tracks that it has on file, and if it finds a match, you'll be able to stream it from the cloud, even if it's not available over XBM's streaming service.
Presumably, most of your tracks will get matched up. For any that aren't, you can still add them locally to your phone, but it'll be a while before you can stream them, like you can do over Google Music's pure audio locker system. So you won't be streaming any recorded lectures, or live music recordings you've transferred until Microsoft's "licensed locker" is turned on.
Music for Everyone (Kind of)
For a lot of people, Xbox Music is just going to seem like free music on their computer. Xbox Music is the default music player for Windows 8 (it wasn't in the RTM build we reviewed earlier this year), and its free mode is activated by default if you've set up Windows with a Live account that has a credit card associated with it. Users will be asked if they agree to the free trial, and that's it—one click and you're streaming music, for free. It's pretty awesome.
If you don't have a credit card on file, or haven't signed up, you'll be prompted to do the typical dance of signing in or registering, and then add a credit card, and then agree. And however you start the trial, it's set up to automatically start the $10 per month fee after your trial is up. All old Zune Pass subscriptions will automatically be changed into Xbox Music accounts, so anyone actually using Zune Pass won't have to worry about overlapping accounts.
It's an incredibly aggressive muscling in on Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, and others. The Smart DJ and Smart VJ features are being pushed as a replacement to Pandora, given the new streaming library. But again, no cross-platform is probably more than enough to keep most people with whatever they already use. Especially since Windows 7 and WP 7 and 7.5 won't get any of these new features.
On the Xbox
The "Xbox" in Xbox Music is kind of a misnomer. Yes, it's still more likely that a typical house will have an Xbox than an Apple TV, but the central premise of Xbox Music isn't a music service for your console. It's a consolidation and refinement of other services, mainly. But the Xbox functionality is still pretty cool. It's controlled by the SmartGlass app on Windows 8 tablets, or from Windows Phone.
You can play from your library or playlists, or use Smart DJ and Smart VJ, both of which have been upgraded from their previous incarnations, to play songs and videos based on stuff you're already playing. But that's not unique to the Xbox. And stuff like using the Kinect's voice commands is a neat parlor trick, but too laggy to really impress or be something you'd actually use regularly. The real benefit is how great everything looks. Playing a song on the Xbox 360 using Xbox Music is a million times more visually appealing than on Apple TV's ugly ass interface. The artist's photo, along with the album cover and song information are tiled dynamically across the screen, instead of Apple TV's lame black screen with a single photo.
But It Still Needs Work
All of this sounds great. So what's the bad news? There are a few levels of it. The first issue is the biggest, and also the most predictable. No cross-platform at launch is a disappointment, but it probably had to be this way. Both because Microsoft would want an exclusive service to launch with Windows 8, and because the licensing on that is going to be an enormous pain. You can probably believe Microsoft on the "under 12 months" thing, but for now, it's still a huge, huge deal. Windows Phone remains promising, but right now it still accounts for a comically small amount of people. A ton of people might have Xboxes, but for the most part, smartphones are what people want their streamed music on.
Another thing is that while the service's design is thoughtful and modern, it suffers from some of the same issues with limited options as Windows 8 as a whole. Syncing songs to your phone, locally, for instance, seems like a chore. A few more detailed options would make it a whole lot easier to navigate. It would be nice if the cloud support for unrecognized local files was ready right away too. These are small details, but they're the kind of stuff that adds up to make the overall experience feel incomplete.
Putting a one-click signup on Windows 8's front door is going to be tough for Spotify and Rdio to compete with. Unlike Windows Store competitors like Steam, there's nothing to stop anyone from jumping ship. Xbox Music is basically a no brainer if you're going to use Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. There's almost zero reason to use anything else. But for the rest of us, so far, there's almost equally little reason to switch.


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MacGyver was the greatest TV shows of all time, yes? Yes. But so much of it only exists in memory now. Or did, until someone came along and catalogued every single awesome thing Mac ever did, in convenient interactive form.
What kind of trouble can you get in at MacRecipes? Sort by everything from how he made that bomb in Season 1, Episode 7 (cotton wool + engine starter fluid + fertilizer) to how many times over seven seasons MacGyver used a paper clip to get out of a scrape (only three!) to which episode crammed in the most DIY badassery (a tie between Season 1, Episode 4 and Season 1, Episode 12).
It's a treasure trove of awesome, easy to get lost in. And the 313 "recipes"should give you more than a few ideas of how to spend your weekend, especially if you find yourself stuck in a casket and in need of a jetski. [Mac Recipes via Flowing Data]


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I was never the person who waited 12 weeks to share my pregnancy. In fact, after I took my first (of many) positive pregnancy test in the bathroom at my work, I wrapped it in tissue and returned to my desk to work on a grant. It sat beside my keyboard as I typed away, glancing at the stick with two neon pink lines hidden beneath a veil.
I was just so surprised. It really seemed impossible so I thought maybe the test needed a few minutes to mellow out and fade to white. But, sure enough, when I checked seven minutes later (the amount of time I randomly decided upon), a big ol' happy 11 stared back. I emailed my co-worker John, "I'm pregnant." He arrived in my office like 45 seconds later with a open-mouthed, smiling, shocked grin.
Then my other colleague walked by not even making eye contact and I said, "Hey Renée. I'm pregnant."
Somewhere in there I called my husband. I think I did that first but I really don't remember. I do remember I asked him to come to the museum and he said he couldn't, he was on his way to a job site and what is is babe? I am about to lose cell service. So I told him and then he said WOW and we got disconnected and couldn't talk for several hours.
The reason I told people straight away is because it felt right and if something happened or whatever it would again feel right to talk about that too. I am just not a secretive person. I can totally keep another's secret, that's different. But when it comes to my news? I share, I talk. I sort it out through dialog and connection.
So, my news that isn't 100% certain right now (really, what IS 100% certain?)? I am not pregs. Our move is happening. In a little over a month. In one perfectly beautiful string of events a home found us (literally), we decided to sell our beloved home, the house we were going for rented until June so we had time to sell, the most wonderful couple found our home and *poof* buy-sells, appraisals, home inspections. It always felt right so I knew it would happen but, yo, all of the sudden it is happening. And because we can't move into our new home until June and are closing on our current home in January….we will be living in the small studio apartment (my future sewing/writing/art studio!) under/in the home we will soon occupy. That is seriously abbreviated and the big story is fabulously heartening and interesting so it will come.
So, that is what is happening right now. Actually, right now, Andy is taping drywall and I am drinking a glass of wine and googling plans for building bunk beds.
Oh life, in this holiday season of 2011, is rich, full and awesome. There are moments when I feel like I am not good at any of it and then, predictably, it shifts and awkwardly stumbles into place as part of this particular journey my family is on. A journey towards increased simplicity and access to nature.
So, now, here we are, enjoying this time. These last days in our home.


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Saturday, June 20, 2009
mx29 - delta funktionen: tracklisting
sven weisemann - rootless [essays]
tony allen - ole (moritz von oswald remix) [honest jon's]
cv313 - dimensional [echospace detroit]
ribn - ctrl [styrax leaves]
ben klock ft. elif biçer - ok [ostgut tontrager]
plastikman - spaz [plus 8 records ltd.]
eqd - equalized 002 [equalized]
mike dehnert - one [fachwerk]
kassem mosse - untitled [workshop]
mlz - onestate [modern love]
baby ford - dead eye [ifach]
t++ - audio1995#8 [apple pips]
pom pom - untitled [pom pom]
the subliminal kid - to the south [off-key industries ltd.]
maurizio - domina (maurizio mix) [maurizio]
len faki - bx 3 [ostgut tontrager]
various artist - 8 (ae mix) [fatcat records]
hardfloor - the thrill acid theme (e.r.p. remix) [hardfloor]
enjoy this mix for a few more days before mx30 comes on monday...
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the inclusion of BX3 makes me automatically question the taste of the dj. what a god awful track.ReplyDelete
i agree, BX3 is awful. but i've also heard dettmann play it, van hoesen play it... i don't understand why everyone seems to like it.ReplyDelete
that said, i don't hold it against delta. i thought it was a good mix, bx3 aside.
and he included audio1995#8. what. a. tune.
i must admit i find BX3 a bit of a guilty pleasure...ReplyDelete
I know why they all play it-cos it's on ostgut tonrager is why! I think it's terrible too but it was the only letdown of an otherwise excellent mix.ReplyDelete
I don't think it's bad to the point you could call it a letdown. It's a pretty awesome mix.ReplyDelete
BUT. I do think Len Faki makes same sounding shit after same sounding shit and it annoys me. Does he think we listeners can't tell it's all the same elements appearing over and over again!?!? We are not stupid!!
I think BX3 works well in a club. It also has a place in this mix. But overall, it is very similar to what has been done previously by Len Faki (good or bad). I would be curious how the BX3 haters think of Shed's That Beats Everything on Shedding the Past (Ostgut as well) :)ReplyDelete
that beats everything and bx3 are two different types of tracks imo . so i think saying that if you hate bx3 you cant like TBE , which is what you i think you were implying ? bx3 uses the same template that the likes of sci + tec use but with slightly better/berghain friendly sounds where as TBE is class . i hope bx3 is not a sign that the current resurgence in good techno is starting to get diluted already .ReplyDelete
Ha ha I love how this has become a 'what do you think of BX3' discussion all of a sudden!ReplyDelete
I don't have a problem with Faki-I loved Mekong Delta- I just think BX3 is over the top and obvious and it doesn't really fit with the rest of the mix. As for the Shed track I actually loved it. There's something very pure about it even though it's another bangin tune and I don't think BX3 could even be compared to it.
And Barry-there's no way one weak track is going to start diluting the scene when there are so many amazing producers out there doing their own thing and shaping their own style.
I actually wasn't implying any similarity. I was only curious to see the opinion on that track from a very very pragmatical reason: it was the first track that came into my mind when I was thinking about what could replace the BX3 in this mix :) So I just checked.ReplyDelete
And yet again, maybe it's too much fuss about BX3, although I think it will be played a lot. I think it really does not take out any value from this performance of DF, a great ssg mix.
And off topic: I would be curios to see what the ssg's think about the Faki mix Berghain mix CD :) Ok, I'm not pushing it, but I am happier to see that the discussion is about BX3 now, compared to 1-2 years, when the discussion was about dubfire's conversion.
- teleostJune 23, 2009 at 8:58 AM
i think the most important thing about this mix is the fact it has not one but TWO halfbeat mixes in it.ReplyDelete
@ zee: i really didn't like the faki mix cd, i don't think PC did either. i thought it was very weak and poorly put together.ReplyDelete
I agree with Chris, while the Faki mix had some great tracks on it, it was very badly laid out and I was surprised(and a little disgusted) that he relyed on classic tracks like 'The Man With The Red Face' and 'Timbuktu' to finish off the mix. I mean, if you're on a night out and you hear a classic every now and then, it's great and I usually go nuts, but on a mix like that I think it was starting to sound like a Minstry of Sound compilation towards the end!ReplyDelete
@ Chris and Dave: thanks! Lately I listened to some of his "party mixes" (4-5), he almost always closes with 'The Man With The Red Face' :). I really think it's interesting to see him work that close with the Berghain/Ostgut crew and still so different (and since what comes out from them is usually good, different is in a negative sense now). Nevertheless, nowadays it's almost pressuring to use classic tracks in a set...I guess it's harder to select from them than from the fresh releases. Thanks again, and sorry for the side-track in the comments.ReplyDelete
Great DF mix, again!
I have to say the first half of this wasn't what I was expecting having heard the other DF sets posted! I was expecting darkness all the way...ReplyDelete
Excellent mix though, some great tracks in it. I have to say I don't mind BX3, it has power as a dancefloor track.
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM
What is the Pom Pom number ? :)ReplyDelete
(I'm so tired, I dont want download all the label on soulseek...)
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Ok, finaly, I had check that. This is Pom pom 31 :)ReplyDelete
Say something constructive, bitte. Or if you're gonna take a swipe, at least sharpen your nails.
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