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It was nice to talk to people at the Library Meet & Greet last week. I learned how much our community appreciates the welcoming atmosphere and great customer service our staff delivers. I hope to visit community organizations in the coming months to learn which services are most popular and what new services we can provide. If you're interested in a visit, please contact me at the library.
Don't forget to support the library by joining the Friends group. If you join before Nov. 1 you'll be entered in a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Green Toad Bookstore. Membership forms can be found on the library website or at the Library. The annual meeting will be held just before the Oct. 21 program at 6:30.
People are always surprised at the list of books that have been banned. To increase awareness of banned books, the American Library Association celebrates Banned Book Week every September. To support the theme, the Friends created a display and held a drawing for three banned books. Florette Jaffie won "The Kite Runner," Cydney E. won "The Glass Castle" and Cheyenne Kline won "Thirteen Reasons Why." Congratulations and to the winners!
With your library card, you can download free ebooks and audio books to your computer, tablet or smartphone. If you're already using this service, you'll be glad to know that you can now renew ebooks. Simply place a hold on any title that you've already checked out and if you need more time it will seamlessly allow you to keep the book. If you want to learn how, register for one of our classes by calling or stopping by the library. A series of classes will run from Oct. 28 to Nov. 6. More details are available at the library.


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So today was my last afternoon in Jo'burg. Thankfully, today was also the nicest day here weather-wise. Must've been a toasty 30C.
My mate Steve from back home dropped over to Johannesburg Backpackers and we went for a spin. He recommended we go to Zoo Lake as it's nice on a Sunday when the weather is good. So that's exactly what we did.
We went for a stroll around the lake and then for lunch in 'Moyo'. They're a chain throughout South Africa. It was nice and Steve was nice enough to treat me so thanks again ;-)
Now I'm in Jo'burg airport waiting to board my flight back to the coldness of Dublin (via London). But before I do that I've got to make one more post.
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(NECN: Peter Howe, Newton, MA)- It's new data that makes many fear today's 20-somethings may be "a lost generation," numbers showing that far too many people in that age group are struggling to find meaningful jobs or settling for part-time work well below what they're capable of doing.
New data from the Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies and the Census Bureau show that compared to 2000, when 80 percent of Americans aged 23 to 29 were employed, as of 2010, that was down to 71.4 percent, a drop of 8.6 percentage points.
It's been especially tough for minorities. Leaving out full-time students, compared to 2000, the percentage of people aged 16 to 29 employed has dropped from 64 percent to 53 percent among Latinos, 58 to 48 percent among Asians, and from 57 to 44 percent among African-Americans.
Those are numbers that have some resonance with Rachel Lefsky of Newton, MA. At 22, she has a lot going for her, including a political-science degree from top-tier Tufts University. But despite months of looking and networking and interviewing, she has yet to line up a full-time job, and is feeling a little frustrated to be back at home with her family.
"It took me the entire summer, and I'm still figuring out what I want to do. I now have a part-time job and a part-time internship'' -- with a communications firm and a health-oriented non-profit -- "which are both great, and I really love them, but it's definitely not what I was expecting when I graduated.''
(Not wanting to create any media issues for her current employers, she asked not to have them identified by name.)
While many generations of smart liberal-arts graduates have been able to find full-time jobs after graduating and get launched on a career, in 2011, people like Rachel are finding that extra-hard.
"A lot of it is, I'm kind of exploring options and figuring out different things, and I think there's that challenge in general no matter how the job market is ... but then having the extra level of 'the job market is really awful and really just, difficult,' that makes it even harder.''
"It's definitely stressful, and it's hard, but I guess trying to stay positive's important,'' Lefsky said, adding that she's grateful to have some footholds in what's proving to be a tough-to-crack workforce. "I have research skills, I have writing skills, and I'm organized -- and I'm nice -- and I think those are important in a job.''
And studies show one very smart thing Rachel is doing is to make sure she has part-time work and an internship while she looks for full time. Studies show that, depending on the industry sector, anywhere from 35 percent to 75 percent of jobs are filled in what's often called the "hidden job market." That is, jobs that are never formally advertised online or with recruiters but are filled by word of mouth, by a boss promoting an intern or a part-timer, or by a company or organization hiring someone who works for a vendor or business partner.
Just finding a way to be out there every day, to learn about and be ready for opportunities that can present themselves, is a key, no matter what your age.
With videographer David JacobsTags: Peter Howe, employment, job crisis, new data, 23 to 29 year olds


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About three weeks ago, Britney Spears requested that her fiance Jason Trawick join her father in decision-making duties that involve her conservatorship. Now that request has been granted!
Jason Trawick received approval Wednesday from Superior Court Judge Reva Goetz to become a co-conservator over his fiance. Trawick joins Spears' father, Jamie Spears, in that role and will have several decision-making aspects of her personal life, but not in managing her assets.
Spears did not attend court on Wednesday to hear the final decision. She has been under a court-ordered conservatorship since 2008, when her father stepped in to take control after she had been hospitalized twice and had a series of incidents involving erratic behavior. The attorney for Jamie Spears said he was thrilled to have Trawick involved.


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Though the railroad changed the transportation landscape in Ottumwa, there were regular stage coaches coming to town from the 1830s to the 1870s.
Yet the landscape did change, the librarian said. The state Legislature decided that Iowa's primary roads would be the roads from every county seat to Des Moines. Towns with more than 1,000 in population were priorities, too. By 1932, Wapello County's main roads, the equivalent of Highway 63 and Highway 34, were paved. Safety became more important: The year 1932 was the first year drivers needed to get a license. The cost was 25 cents.
Not every change seemed to make a lot of sense, said some of the older audience members.
The librarian agreed, naming the time the highway department started painting center lines on the roads. There had been head-on collisions. Unfortunately, said Christiansen, someone had decided Iowa blacktop would have all its center lines painted black.
"After 1954, they [switched] to yellow lines with reflective material," Christiansen said.
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If they ALSO draft a QB 1st round... maybe...
If he came with Andy Reid, would you want him as our coach?
Buffalo.... A drinking city with a sports problem.
This team now has an identity.... FAST
If they ALSO draft a QB 1st round... maybe...
No. If u think Chan isn't running the ball enough then you definitely don't want Reid. I'm sure he's going to the Chargers.
no. no reid.
go bills
go sabres
go knicks
go sox
steve johnson is our future star
Fred jackson is my adopted player this year!!
freddie freddie!!
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The trial of a man accused of killing an Essex Fells resident in a boating accident in August 2008 is set to begin next month after being pushed back from the fall, officials said.
Anthony Digilio, now 33, of Brick Township is facing charges of vehicular homicide and assault after authorities say he fled the scene of a late-night boating accident that killed Robert Post of Essex Fells.
Post had been piloting a 17-foot Boston Whaler when his boat, according to officials, collided with Digilio's, killing Post and injuring several others, two seriously.
Jury selection in the case is currently scheduled for March 26 with the trial expected to begin April 2, said Senior Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Hillary Bryce.
"We're hoping, looking at it, that it will be done in the month of April," Bryce said.
Delays in taking the case to trial have been due to Digilio's attorney, Joseph Tacopina of New York City, being busy with other cases there, said Bryce.
The accident took place near Gunner's Ditch at the mouth of the Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay.
After the accident, authorities began hunting for the second boat involved.
On August 5, 2008, authorities seized Digilio's 27-foot Imperial performance boat, which they said had been involved in the crash.
At the time, Digilio's then-attorney William Cunningham told the Newark Star-Ledger that his client hit something that night, but was not sure what it was. Cunningham said Digilio stopped the boat, did not hear or see anything, then proceeded on his way, an article published in the newspaper said.
If convicted, Digilio faces 10 years behind bars for the vehicular homicide charge and 18 months each for the two assault by vessel charges.


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Cumberland Times-News
I was struck by this point made by Bob Leasure from Abingdon, Va., in his Oct. 10 letter ("Having one public high school would benefit in many ways"), "The No. 1 concern should be the overall long-term expense of having two schools instead of consolidation."
I heartily agree. There should be a long-range plan, which takes expense into consideration.
Three and a half years ago I spoke at a public hearing during the discussion of the future of the secondary schools in Cumberland. (April 24, 2010).
At the time, I advocated for the renovation of Braddock and Washington Middle Schools because they had been on Allegany County and the board of education's capital improvements plan for many years.
With the discussion of construction of a new Allegany High School, the board of education discussed its long-range plan — if enrollment drops significantly, high school students could be combined in Fort Hill and middle school students from Braddock and Washington would be moved to the new school. (Special meeting, Aug. 9, 2011).
This plan would resolve the issue of the costs of renovating Braddock and Washington (estimated to be between $9.6 million and $35 million in local costs, according to the school system's feasibility report of July 2011) and future use of a new high school.
The enrollment of the school system has stabilized for the time being but who knows what the future will bring? It's good to know that the board of education is planning ahead.
Jackie Sams


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An Astonishingly Poor "Report" on HR 1201
The Property Rights Alliance recently issued this astonishingly poor "policy brief" on HR 1201, the Digital Media Consumers Rights Act, which came to my attention via a post by Tim Lee at the Technology Liberation Front blog.
It is astonishingly poor not because it comes to the conclusion that HR 1201 is bad policy; I think the bill is good policy, but other reasonable, informed people disagree.
Neither is it astonishingly poor because it is so badly written that one wonders how its authors got (or keep) jobs drafting documents for public release. See, for example, references to doing something "[u]nder the semblance of fairness," assertions that fair use is "inherently perverse to" intellectual property owners, warnings that a given course of action will end up "causing dire consequences on domestic economic growth," the prediction that the bill "will send a wrong message to the international community," and the conclusion that "[t]he repercussions of the bill are dangerous to protecting IP rights." (That all of these solecisms appeared in a single three-page document is remarkable in itself.)
Nor even because it continually refers to copyrights and patents interchangeably.
The policy brief is astonishingly poor because it is entirely conclusory, making extraordinary (and false) claims without providing argument or support. To wit:
- The policy brief asserts that H.R. 1201 "will not improve the rights of consumers, but rather increase prices on all content protection technologies, such as iTunes, Napster, and other legal downloading providers." The idea that allowing consumers to do something that is now illegal will not "improve" their rights strains credulity. Further, the brief provides no support for its assertion that protected content will become more expensive. One can imagine an argument that legalizing traffic in circumvention devices will cause an expensive "arms race," raising the cost of DRM and thus the cost of DRM'd content, but the brief makes no such argument.
- It asserts that HR 1201 will cause such dire economic harm to copyright holders that "many" of the supposed 8% of workers whose jobs depend on copyrights "are likely to lose their jobs as an effect of lost revenue in the industry." But only a very, very small slice of copyright holders protect their copyrights using DRM. Further, the economic harm to those copyright holders' legitimate interests caused by fair use circumvention would be minimal, since the fair use analysis itself requires minimal economic harm to the copyright holder.
- The brief says that "if protections are not maintained," copyright holders "will cease to continue research and development." But most research and development results in potentially patentable devices and methods, not in potentially copyrightable creative works. Perhaps they really do think HR 1201 has something to do with patents.
- The brief concludes that "[f]air use sets a dangerous precedent" and "[f]air use is unfair to . . . the individual consumers who expect to buy quality products." But we aren't arguing about fair use; we're arguing about the circumvention of DRM in the service of fair use. Fair use isn't on the table. And it's hard to imagine how allowing the circumvention of DRM for purposes of consumer fair use would lower the quality of products consumers buy. Unless, of course, you thought HR 1201 had something to do with patents.
As Tim Lee said, "the RIAA and MPAA should ask for their money back."


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Courteney Cox Plans To Show Her Boobs More On 'Cougar Town' Now That It's On TBS
January 8th, 2013 7:05pm EST
Courteney Cox's hit show Cougar Town has officially made the jump from ABC to TBS, and the actress spent a little time with Conan O'Brien on Monday night to promote the show.
The host, whose own show, Conan, made the move to the network three years ago, welcomed Courteney to the network, asking her if she'll be doing anything different on her show now that it's on a cable network.
"I feel like we could be a little racier..." she says. "...I was actually wearing my shirts lower because I felt like, 'now I'm on cable -- I should just show more boobs.'"
But in actuality, Courteney explained that her character is newly married and she felt the need for her character, Jules, to spice things up a little and "keep her marriage alive."
The star and host then go on to discuss her breasts even further, with Cox explaining that as she gets older the focus seems to be shifting from her face to her chest.
"You know what? I'm getting older, so I've decided at this point I'm taking less focus [on] the face, and focusing here," she said on Friday at the Television Critics Association winter tour, according to Access HOllywood. "By the time I'm much older, I will just be absolutely nude. I think it's [going to] work for me, I hope."
Courteney also says that the crew of the show is getting tired of seeing her cleavage all the time.
"When you wear low-cut tops enough literally the crew is like, 'oh, God... have to see those again,'" she says, which Conan then hotly debates.
Cougar Town makes its debut on TBS tonight.
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Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Read Guy Maddin's insightful and hilarious reviews of his entire cinematic catalogue in our blog post Very Lush and Full of Ostriches.
Tom Waits narrates this glimpse into Maddin's world during the production of his fourth feature, 'Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'.
From duels on snowy mountain peaks to children locked in the attic, the intrigue and melodrama is as full-blown as the colour!
Maddin's feature debut was an instant 'midnight movie' hit that introduced the filmmaker's distinctive voice to the world.
A surreal tale of mistaken identity, unrequited love, wartime heroics and amnesia in the Russian Arctic.
Maddin's first 35mm picture sees six characters battling for love duke it out in the fantasy land of Mandragora.
A giddy, woozy tale of teenage lust, cannibalism and orphan terror narrated by Isabella Rossellini.
A hilarious Depression-era romp replete with secrets, scandal and a beer baroness with glass prosthetic legs full of beer!
A sensual, political and expressionistic reworking of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' by Maddin and the Winnipeg Royal Ballet.
A love letter to ice hockey, memory and melodrama that many believe to be Maddin's most perfect film to date.
A witty, surreal docu-fantasia about Maddin's home town, Winnipeg, a snowbound landscape from which there is seemingly no escape.
The Australian premiere of Maddin's sprawling gangster flick, which pays homage to Homer's 'Odyssey'.
Guy Maddin Selects
Alongside Maddin's celebrated features and shorts, this season includes films nominated by the director as either inspiration or an ideal screening companion for his films.
Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer seamlessly melds the spiritual and material worlds in this haunting vampire tale.
Newly restored for the Universal 100th Anniversary celebrations - obsession and mistaken identity have never looked so good!
Coffin Joe continues his search for the perfect woman with the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, tarantulas and snakes.
Barbara Stanwyck returns to the Western genre as a ranch heiress in this Greek tragedy set in the Wild West.
A plantation owner's obsession with a beautiful young woman leads him into the clutches of a menacing witch doctor (Bela Lugosi).
This Japanese cult classic has been described as 'Scooby Doo' as directed by Dario Argento.


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'Battle: LA' high on action, war movie clichťs
"Battle: Los Angeles" is like watching someone else play a video game.
It's packed with PG-13 action, countless explosions and more hooahs than an Al Pacino retrospective - but it's hardly engaging.
"Battle" is not so much an alien invasion movie as it is a heavily clichťd war movie, like its cookie-cutter band of two-dimensional Marines and their obligatory introductions - one's about to retire, another's expecting a kid, and another's about to get married - with more Semper Fi than you can shake a bayonet at.
And, of course, there's the perpetually scowling Michelle Rodriguez ("Avatar"), playing her usual role - a no-nonsense military something or another.
Aaron Eckhart ("The Dark Knight") is SSgt. Nantz, a weathered Marine who's seen his share of combat and is on the eve of retirement (cue Danny Glover saying, "I'm getting' too old for this s#!*"). His discharge is suspended, however, when the military begins mobilizing after bizarre meteor showers are detected near every major coastal city in the world.
When the meteors wind up being alien landing craft, and the aliens end up being far from friendly - instantly opening fire on Los Angeles and its Los Angelinos - Nantz and company spring into action.
They're tasked with breaking through enemy lines to rescue a group of civilians stranded in an abandoned police station, but, of course, nothing goes as planned.
Outmanned, outgunned and determined to leave no man behind, their rescue mission continues - for better or worse. But each enemy encounter teaches Nantz and company something new, something that could potentially save the city should they survive.
The cast is decent at best, but Eckhart ("The Dark Knight") performs admirably, especially considering the film's lack of depth. But "Battle" is simply devoid of character.
Action, on the other hand, is at its heart, and it keeps pumping for the whole 116-minute runtime. Let me be clear: There's action aplenty. As soon as the filmmakers' slapdash attempt at character development is out of the way (and it doesn't take long), it's on.
Filmed in herky-jerky, frenetic handheld camera style, "Battle" essentially places viewers in our heroes' platoon, as they face off against scores of extraterrestrial beasties hellbent on conquering and plundering Earth for its resources.
Subtext? Maybe accidentally, but director Jonathan Liebesman ("The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning") is noticeably more concerned with sticking to formula.
"Battle: Los Angeles" is simply old hat, or old flak helmet in this case, offering nothing new to either of its genres and taking a long time in a process.
"Battle: Los Angeles," rated PG-13 for sustained and intense sequences of war violence and destruction, and for language, is playing at Regal Cinema 7 in Boone.
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Los Gatos United Methodist Church is a spiritual community that provides meaning and inspiration for daily living, whatever your age and stage of life.
Our Adult Ministries program is designed to support adults at all stages of their spiritual journey by offering:
A Place to Belong You Were Formed For God's Family
We believe that we should be as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ. By removing the barriers that keep us from loving and caring for other believers we become one in Christ.
A Place To Grow You Were Created To Become Like Christ
We believe that each person has a different perspective on God and by sharing our faith with one another we grow closer to all that God has made us to be.
A Place To Serve You Were Shaped For Serving God
We believe that we are called to reach out with God's Love through our thoughts, words, and actions.
Our Community is made up of small groups. Whether it is a drop-in class, Bible study, music group or meditative study, we offer you a choice. We want to meet you where you are. We hope you will find a place to connect with others, connect with yourself, and grow with God.
If you would like to know more about our adult offerings then join us on Sunday Mornings, contact one of our Adult Ministry leaders, and/or check out our Newsletter,The Spire, under the News & Events tab!
Marna Taylor
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Blood drive drew 12 donors Nov. 22
It is great to think of all of the lives that will be touched by the blood donations given at the American Red Cross blood drive Nov. 22 in Hillsboro. We had 13 people who came in to donate.
I hope each person who bravely donated to help save a life will share this positive experience with someone who has never donated before. The No. 1 reason people do not give is because they are not asked.
Blood shortages are increasingly common as many people who were more regular blood donors are now in need of medical treatments that require blood. We need more people to donate blood as a routine community responsibility. Donating blood is safe and easy, and yet is so very vital.
Thank-you to all who made ouo last blood drive a success—all of the wonderful volunteer blood donors and community volunteers who make the blood drive run so smoothly.
Our next Red Cross blood drive is scheduled for Jan. 31 at the high school
Gladys Funk
Shirley Kasper
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Seattle Sounders FC will likely be without at least two of their four listed forwards for the match at Santos Laguna next Tuesday. Obafemi Martins is getting his knee looked at by a foreign specialist and David Estrada's eye is still healing from a non-foul incident in the RSL game. Eddie Johnson may be back for the next match.
Sharlie Joseph's acquisition is equal to that of Eddie Johnson last year in terms of the talk it has sparked. Everyone is weighing on on a team acquiring an MLS legend at a position where they already have perhaps the best in the league. Fueling the fire is the sheer amount of uncertainty surrounding Joseph's role with the team and the cost of keeping him around.
Photo: Nate Monahan
Read PSP's report on the Nowak ouster, Hackworth's comments at Wednesday's press conference, and
our postmortem on Nowak's tenure.
John Smallwood echos the thoughts of many Union fans when he wonders why the "philosophical
differences" that Nick Sakiewicz said were at the root of Nowak's split from the club arose after
the former manager had already "gutted a popular playoff team" through trades.
With our viewing party for the Seattle Sounders v UANL Tigres CONCACAF Champions League match later this week Sounder at Heart spoke with David Estrada about Hope Place, our charity partner for the event, and his unique perspective on CCL games in Mexico.
SaH: How did you discover Hope Place?
The departure of Fredy Montero has created a rather enormous void, both in terms of production and tactics. As much talent as the Seattle Sounders have on their current roster -- and make no mistake, it's ample -- there is not a ready-made replacement for the player around whom this team's tactics were designed.
RENTON - When media members were let into the fieldhouse at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center for Sounders FC training, we saw exactly what we expected to see. Andy Rose and David Estrada were among the top three in the first heat of the beep test, battling with Alex Caskey for aerobic-fitness superiority.
At this time a year ago, there was reasonable discussion about whether or not David Estrada was going to be back with the Seattle Sounders. Now, he was judged to have had the 12th best season among the Sounders. That's a pretty major step forward, and if not for an injury that cost him more than a third of his season, he probably would have been even higher.
The Seattle Sounders finished perfect in their CONCACAF Champions League group at home on Wednesday with a 3-1 defeat of Marathón. Having already secured a spot in the quarterfinals, the Sounders mostly used reserve players. Marcus Hahnemann, the Seattle native [...]
The post Sounders Stay Perfect in Champions League appeared first on Soccer Perspectives.
A day after his first league appearances in nearly four months, David Estrada looked very much like his old self in leading the Seattle Sounders Reserves to a 3-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes in their season finale. Estrada scored the Sounders' opening goal and assisted on their second while playing 62 minutes.
Another Reserve crowd that will beat many MLS games for attendance this year when the Portland Timbers host the Seattle Sounders Reserves. While the Portland Timbers are starting a DP and Mike Fucito up front, the Sounders will start Sammy Ochoa and Morris. In fact Seattle's starters includes three Four Academy players.
An already deep Seattle Sounders squad will get a little bit deeper in the coming weeks. David
Estrada, who hasn't played since May 26 after breaking his foot, has been cleared practice,
Sounders coach Sigi Schmid said during a Friday teleconference.
"David Estrada showed that he's healing well so they cleared him to start up training again,"
Schmid said.
Today's practice in the beautiful sunshine of Seattle was an opportunity for the Sounders to
slow down a bit. It is one of those rare weeks with merely one game. That game is as large a
Cascadia game has ever occurred in MLS, but still it is merely one game. The number one story today
was the amount of activity out there.
Michael Gspurning was deemed "ready" by Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid following Thursday's
training. The assumption being that Gspurning is due to make his first start since May 2, allowing
for the obvious caveats that anything can happen between now and then.
This is undeniably great news.
Steve Kelley is a soccer friendly mainstream writer. He's at US Open Cup games. He travels to
CCL matches. He is often at regular season games. He occasionally goes to practice, has broken a
story or two and his feature on Carrasco/Morgan was well done. He can also be dramatically wrong,
as he was in his column about the Sounders needing someone to "light a fire under whiny
Saturday night the Sounders embarrassed themselves. Forget the referee, the crowd, the Montreal
Impact. Intensity and focus matter in professional sports and the Sounders did not take the field
in Montreal ready to play. There were moments of precision and brilliance from the Sounders. Eddie
Johnson's goal was the result of beautiful interplay.
The Seattle Sounders will be forced to play without their leading scorer for at least the next
couple of months.
According to the Seattle Times, David Estrada will miss the next 8-to-12 weeks with a broken
foot, one that was suffered in training on Tuesday. Estrada's five goals are tops for a team
focused on reclaiming its top form in league play while maintaining its run toward an unprecedented
fourth straight U.
Bad news for the Sounders. David Estrada out 8-12 weeks with a broken left foot. Surgery
tomorrow.- Joshua Mayers (@joshuamayers) June 13, 2012
Bad news for the Sounders. David Estrada out 8-12 weeks with a broken left foot. Surgery
tomorrow.- Joshua Mayers (@joshuamayers) June 13, 2012
via Joshua Mayers
Remember that health looking good post? Yeah, dated already.
Today's Sounders U23 v Sounders FC scrimmage saw both Steve Zakuani and Josh Ford get time on
the field. As of today's MLS Injury Report both are moving towards healthy on the four step report.
David Estrada's injury in practice does not make the report.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC -- OUT: FW Babayele Sodade (R knee ACL tear); DOUBTFUL: GK Michael
Gspurning (R hip strain); DF Patrick Ianni (lower back pain); DF Leo Gonzalez (L quad strain); DF
Adam Johansson (R hamstring strain); MF Steve Zakuani (R leg fracture); QUESTIONABLE: GK Josh Ford
(R knee stress fracture)
A Seattle Sounders FC spokesman has confirmed that Ford is still on the short-term Injured
Voting for Major League Soccer's All Star First XI will open on Friday. Those "First XI" will
not necessary be the starters, and they are determined thorugh a combination of online, text and
Twitter votes with the top text vote receiver being automatically selected. The rest of the gameday
roster is selected by Don Garber (2 picks) and Peter Nowak (5 picks plus replacements).
Coming off a chunk of their schedule that saw them play nine matches in 31 days, it was hardly
surprising to show up at Seattle Sounders training camp on Thursday and find that they weren't
doing soccer activities. I was shocked to see them playing dodgeball though.
I only got there in time to catch the final, but I was pretty impressed with what I saw.
While the majority of MLS sides were struggling in the US Open Cup the Seattle Sounders were
collecting goals from four different players. Sammy Ochoa finished his brace in the the 66th minute
to put Seattle up 5-1 over the Atlanta Silverbacks. Starfire and the Open Cup continue to be a
place of Sounders victories.
Over the past three seasons, Sigi Schmid has masterfully maneuvered the Seattle Sounders lineup.
Many times, he's rolled out a lineup that has made more than a few of us want to rip out our hair.
But more times than not, it's worked out in his favor.
His willingness to go more than 20-deep on his roster is part of why the Sounders have been able
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Without the results of the past few weeks a draw on the road to the newly revamped Chivas USA
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a loss.
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A night after lower-tier teams massacred MLS sides, the Sounders dominated the NASL's Atlanta
Silverbacks in a 5-1 rout.
The season is approaching at warp speed, with the MLS Superdraft less than a week away. But if you haven't been following the top prospects, don't fret; Soccer by Ives has you covered. The draft has become devalued with the level of talent coming through transfer in the modern MLS era, but some would argue that teams aren't using it properly.
Real Salt Lake all but wrapped up the #2 seed in the Western Conference when they held Sounders to a 0-0. Zach Scott had been sent off early in the match and Sounders were able to hold off for a 0-0 draw. Salt Lake and Seattle have had a burgeoning rivalry that is comparable to either of their Cascadia Cup opponents, the largest difference being that RSL and Seattle have played more meaningful matches against each other rather than geographic proximity.
Seattle and Portland had the honor of closing the MLS weekend in Seattle in front of ESPN's cameras and 66,000 fans. It doesn't matter if Portland's season is effectively over, they lead the Cascadia Cup coming into tonight's match and a win against Seattle will always cover up few of this season's shortcomings.
The votes are being counted left and right for the 2012 MLS All Star game in Philadelphia.
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The biggest question facing Seattle Sounders FC is simple. It has been known for some time even if it is not yet official, but a year (or more) without Fredy Montero will require attention. This is not the only question facing the team as training camp opens and four members of the Sounder at Heart team join other media in descending on Starfire for the first time in 2013.
In the past three seasons the "Moment of the Year" was something related to the US Open Cup. It helps that the major trophy was won in each of those seasons. This year the voting here at Sounder at Heart will be a little bit tighter as there were no trophies - major or minor. Presented in no particular order are the nine moments that are up for this virtual award.
Today's practice was generally a light affair that concentrated on ball movement across wide spaces and finishing into one of three mini-goals. Christian Tiffert went through a very light session as he still carries the minor injury from the win over Chivas USA. David Estrada was back in full practice while Osvaldo Alonso and Mauro Rosales were protected.
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but is questionable in the Union's game preview. is out, Konopka starting.
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When I was a kid, my uncle always used to send me cash for my birthday or holiday gifts. He got tired of me always putting it in the bank though and never using it to buy anything fun. Therefore, he switched over to giving me gift cards, and in fact, still does, so that I would be forced to use the money for something fun. Yet I still manage to foil his plans.
Since he sends me $100 gift cards for Wal-mart on my birthday and for Christmas, I head over to the local Wal-mart and use the card to purchase groceries and other necessities. While we might splurge on a few items or name brands we might not typically buy otherwise, we tend to exercise restraint, and view the card much the same as we would cash, and in turn, save ourselves $200 of our own money each year on groceries and other necessities.
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My wife used to get pre-paid Visa gift cards for completing extra projects at work. Some years she accumulated nearly $400 worth of such cards, which made for nice little bonuses. Rather than just going out and blowing them on fun stuff though, we'd often save them and use them for our holiday spending. This way, it was really like we were buying the gifts for free since we were using the gift cards rather than our own cash.
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When we owned our home, some of those gift cards my wife received from work also went for home repairs. Soon after our home purchase, our in-laws would sometimes give us gift cards at Christmas for a local home supply store at which we could purchase tools, maintenance items, and yard supplies for our home.
It always felt a little bit better making a home repair or upgrade when using a gift card that didn't deplete our own savings.
Items we can Re-sell
One time, I somehow ended up with a Blockbuster gift card. We aren't big movie renters, and we typically don't like buying movies unless we know we'll be happy watching them over and over again. However, at the time, Blockbuster was running a special, letting people buy five movies for $20. I figured that even if we watched the movies once and didn't want to keep them, at four dollars a piece, it was about like renting them, plus we had to use the gift cards on something anyway, and we could sell the movies we didn't want to keep back at a book/movie resale shop and make a few bucks in cash.
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We recently had some money left over on an old Best Buy gift card. It wasn't much, only $12.31, but it was something. Rather than go out and buy a compact disc or something we really didn't need, I had an idea. Since we have a pay-as-you-go cell phone (largely for emergencies) that had a low balance, I though we could save some money and put the gift card to use. We therefore bought a $20 "top-up" card for the phone (which we needed to do anyway), using the gift card and a little extra cash, saving ourselves $12.31 of our own money in the process.
A few months ago, I got a $10 gift card of sorts from a local hardware store. We needed absolutely nothing from the hardware store, but that didn't mean I wasn't going to use the gift card (since it had an expiration date). Therefore, I stopped by the hardware store and bought some AA and AAA batteries.
With a young child in the home and another one on the way, batteries are something we almost always have a need for, so getting some free batteries is great, plus they're small, easily stored and have a long shelf-life.
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During a visit to a working art studio, ceramics students at Canton High School transformed their pottery into colorful and completed works of art.
Late last week, a group of 10th through 12th graders and teacher Renee Hughes visited the studio of Simsbury clay and steel artist Vicente Garcia. Students brought the clay pieces they had created at the school. Each had already been "bisque" fired in a school kiln, a process that hardens the material.
Under the guidance of Hughes and Garcia, the students used various techniques to put the finishing touches on their work. Many chose a Raku firing technique. First the students added a glaze to their pieces, which were then placed into a 1,900-degree kiln for 30 to 40 minutes before being transferred to small metal garbage cans filled with pages from old magazines. The heat ignited the paper and the ensuing flames were then fed with more paper before being quickly snuffed out by closed lids, depleting oxygen in the chamber.
"That allows the colors to develop," Garcia said.
Other students chose a smoke-fired process, in which non-glazed pieces went through a similar process — placed into barrels of newspaper after some time in the kiln. They were later watered down and cleaned off, revealing various levels of blackening.
Some students chose a method in which hair is placed on non-glazed pieces right after they are pulled from the kiln. As the hair comes into contact with the hot pieces, it burns unique patterns into the art.
Many students got to experience each part of the process by volunteering for various tasks.
Garcia, a professional artist and professor at Central Connecticut State University has worked with Canton students since 2007. Under a resident artist program, he comes to the school to demonstrate clay techniques for students, who later take the trip to his studio.
"I have always enjoyed teaching and sharing the knowledge that I have accumulated," said Garcia. "It's exciting to see students grasp the concepts and techniques and use them in their creative process. I am fortunate to teach what I love to do."


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A deal sealed in Finland today marks another significant step toward the KHL becoming a truly pan-European League. The Arena Events Oy Company, set up by Gennady Timchenko and Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, has purchased a 100% stake in Helsinki's Hartwall Arena, home of Jokerit Hockey Club. Arena Events Oy and Jokerit are to become partners as a result of the deal, which paves the way for Jokerit to join the Kontinental Hockey League in time for the 2014-15 season.
The new owners see this investment as a chance to further expand the KHL and also to study and learn the business model and infrastructure of a successful club, so that the experience gained can be used to enrich Russian sport.
"For me, acquiring the Hartwall Arena and shares in a Finnish hockey club pleases me both as a businessman and as a supporter of the game. The purchase of a major and modern sporting arena should be a sound investment for Volga Group, while the deal will also play a big role in the development of the the Kontinental Hockey League," said Gennady Timchenko. "Entry into the KHL will be a new and serious challenge for the club and will raise interest in hockey in Finland. In the KHL, Jokerit will play against the strongest teams in Europe on a regular basis."
Roman Rotenberg, son of Boris, is to take charge of Hartwall Arena, and he had this to say about the deal: "The acquisition of the Hartwall Arena is a huge step in accelerating our development as both a hockey business and an entertainment provider in the region. At the same time, it forms part of a grand strategy for optimizing the commercial aspects of the club and increasing its income. The experience we will gain of running the arena can be of benefit to KHL clubs who can adopt Jokerit's modern management structure."
Jokerit is one of Europe's most successful hockey clubs. Founded in 1967, "The Jokers" are six-time champions of Finland, six-time silver medalists, and two-time bronze medalists. Jokerit also won the IIHF Continental Cup in 2003 and the European Cup in 1995 and 1996.
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Brown Deer continues to spend more money on educating its students. Brown Deer ranked 3rd in per pupil spending ($13,492).
68.1 percent of students attending Brown Deer last school year were minority. Only Milwaukee had a higher number, 85.8 percent.
39.8 percent of Brown Deer of students qualified for a reduced or free lunch.
Although Brown Deer's WKCE scores remain fairly low, there are some bright spots.
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Fourth-graders were 31st in reading and 41st in math, eighth-graders were 37th in reading and 29th in math, and 10th-graders were 26th in reading and 29th in math. All six rankings were better than how Brown Deer fared during the 2010-11 school year.
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I must admit I've always admired the taping down of ears.
I played football on the offensive (and some defensive) lines. Nowadays, most lineman are 6' 5" and a bit over 300 lbs. Most on the D-line run a sub 5 second 40. American football, because of it's structured plays also leads to more ferocious impact because of blindside hits (see Eli Manning and Jeff Feagles) that aren't as common in other contact sports.
Doesn't really matter though...football, rugby...all pussies compared to hockey players. I honestly don't see how those guys do it. All of the impact at twice the speed...plus fighting. Hockey is becoming my favorite sport to watch.
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Three Sites Lead Choices for Mississippi Civil Rights MuseumBy Jeffrey Hess | Published 31 Jan 2011 02:54pm |
Several locations are being considered for building a Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports that the Legislative Black Caucus narrowed the list to three.
The discussion of if and where to build a Mississippi Civil Rights Museum restarted earlier this year when Governor Haley Barbour renewed his call for a museum during his state of the state speech.
Members of the Legislative Black Caucus met on Monday to hear arguments about where the museum should be.
When the issue was first raised in 2007, a committee choose Tougaloo College as the site and Tougaloo President Beverly Hogan says that is where it should be built.
"Ideally it should be located at Tougaloo College because we feel it is the refuge, the cradle of the Civil Rights movement and it brings that kind of authenticity to a Civil Rights museum," Hogan said.
Greenwood Mississippi is the second site being considered. LeFlore County Supervisor Robert Moore says the museum should be there because of Greenwood's central role in the civil rights movement.
"Civil Rights organizations, and especially SNCC that had its regional headquarters in Greenwood. Because Greenwood and LeFlore County is and was at the time ground zero for the Civil Rights movement," Moore said.
The third site is in downtown Jackson near the Museum of Archives and History. The Governor recommended this as a possible site.
Senator John Horhn, who represented Jackson at the meeting, says the downtown site works because of the supporting industries around it.
"You have to have critical mass. You have to have hotels. You have to have places for people to shop. You have to have places for people to enjoy conventions and meetings. You have to be able to provide entertainment," Horhn said.
The group did not make a decision on where to place the museum but that is only the first problem. The legislature would also have to approve 50-to-80 million dollars in state bonds in order to build the museum.
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- Brockington and Associates. Main office in Norcross, GA; other offices in Savannah GA, Jacksonville FL, Charleston SC, Pensacola FL, Elizabethtown KY, Seattle WA.
- Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.. Offices in Lexington KY, Hurricane WV, and Longmont CO. Work in Kentucky and West Virginia, but also Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia.
- Dovetail Cultural Resource Group. Office in Fredericksburg VA, work in Mid-Atlantic region, including Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio.
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The Cullman city council spent part of an hour-long executive session Wednesday evening clarifying some "clawback" contingencies in a new retail tax-sharing agreement worth up to $6 million, which officials hope will give the city more recourse if the Cullman Shopping Center project doesn't meet certain expansion levels.
The council approved the document without releasing a copy for public consumption Wednesday night, after nailing down the details behind closed doors. A final version was publicly released late Thursday afternoon once attorneys formalized the changes.
Delaware-based Merchants Retail Partners, under the limited liability company MRP Cullman, recently purchased Cullman Shopping Center in an approximate $10 million deal. The developer must also have an executed lease with a national retailer or tenant by Sept. 1, 2015.
Per the agreement, the company is obligated to spend at least $10 million more renovating and expanding the center, which is currently anchored by Belk, Books-A-Million and JC Penney. The financially-troubled Food World store was not included in the agreement's list of current tenants.
Moving forward, MRP Cullman reportedly has options on some adjoining land that could be purchased and used for expansion. The company is also eyeing some potential new restaurants on outparcels at the site. Economic officials say the deal could generate up-to 600 new full-and-part-time jobs.
To help fund the project, the city has agreed to pay back some sales and property taxes collected at the development for the next 10 years.
MRP Cullman has not commented on which new businesses they are targeting, but the developer has previously worked with big-box retailers such as Best Buy, Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Target and Bed Bath and Beyond.
Under the deal, businesses in the development will still pay sales tax, though the city will pay back some of those funds for a set period of time. One half of the net sales taxes received by the city from new businesses locating in Cullman Shopping Center will be returned for the first seven years; one half of the net sales tax received from businesses existing in Cullman Shopping Center will be returned during the first three years; and the property taxes received during the first 10 years will also be returned.
The agreement only affects city sales tax (1.75 percent) and does not include education taxes.
Existing Cullman County businesses that might move into the development would not be included under the "new sales tax" guidelines.
Current estimates show the payment amounts would total approximately $276,000 paid back in existing half-sales tax per-year the first three years, with as much as $800,000 generated (then split and repaid) in the subsequent seven years from new retail shops. Those amounts could combine to total $6 million over the 10-year period. If it reaches that cap amount, payments will stop.
If MRP Cullman fails to get an executed lease by the 2015 deadline, the "clawback" clause would allow the city to make MRP Cullman pay back the economic development payments for not meeting the obligations on the contract, including affected sales and property taxes.
Both the city and developer maintain the rights to make changes and amend the agreement if they both deem it in their best interests to do so.
The project area has been clarified and defined as within the boundaries of Second Avenue NW, Cleveland Avenue, NW, Katherine Street, NW, and Loring Street, NW, bordering and encompassed by the regional shopping center in excess of 200,000 square feet.
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ISLAMABAD, May 29: Pakistan military has successfully tested an indigenously developed Short Range Surface to Surface Multi Tube Missile Hatf IX (NASR), which is termed as 'weapon of peace'.
According to Pakistan military, the NASR, with a range of 60 km, can carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yield, with high accuracy, and possesses shoot and scoot attributes.
It says that the quick response system will counter effectively all threats, especially at shorter ranges.
President, Prime Minister of Pakistan and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, felicitated the scientists and engineers on their outstanding success.
The test was witnessed by Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai (R), Chairman NESCOM Mr Irfan Burney, Commander Army Strategic Forces Command, Lieutenant General Tariq Nadeem Gilani, Senior Officers from the Strategic forces and scientists and engineers of strategic organizations.
Director General Strategic Plans Division, Lieutenant General Khalid Ahmed Kidwai (R), termed the NASR Missile as a weapon of peace.
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Egyptian protest in Tahrir square Friday July 14 for release of Egyptian reporter held in Sudan ,The Egyptian journalist Shaimaa Adel was arrested in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 3 July when she was covering the anti-regime protests against the regime of president Omar-Al-Bashir. Later on, the Sudanese authorities announced she was detained for reasons that are not related to journalism.
A number of journalists and human rights activists held a demonstration Thursday July 13 in front of the Journalist Syndicate followed by a march to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and outside the Sudanese embassy in downtown Cairo calling for her release.
The Egyptian press syndicate called on Sudan to free Adel, 25, a journalist for El-Watan independent newspaper while dozens of Egyptian and Arab rights organization are calling on the Sudanese government to respect international protocols that protect journalists in conflict zones.
The daily newspaper Al Watan reporters, Shaimaa Adel spoke with her mother for few minutes, saying she was well-treated by the Sudanese authorities. and she said in a phone call that the Egyptian Embassy in Sudan has not intervened to secure her release, will discuss this with the Foreign Ministry when she returns to Egypt. Shaimaa explained that she was detained for reporting without a journalism license, adding that she was waiting for the permit on the day she was arrested.
Journalists Syndicate head Mamdouh al-Wali said.Sudan's ambassador to Cairo promised that Adel would be released next week.
Shaimaa Adel's mother had started a sit-in, going on hunger strike outside the Sudanese Embassy in Garden City until Sudanese authorities release their daughter safely.
"Last Tuesday, I learnt from the TV that my daughter had been detained. I phoned her Editor-in-Chief who told me that he had called the Egyptian Ambassador in Khartoum, who assured him that Shaimaa would be freed within a few hours," says Hajja Ibtisam, Shaimaa's mother Adel's mother added that her daughter was only guilty of doing her job.
Shaimaa Adel is the the second Egyptian reporter to be arrested in Sudan and deported to Cairo while covering protests against the regime in Khartoum, A few days before Adel's arrest, Sudanese authorities had released Salma ElWardany, an Egyptian reporter working for Bloomberg news.
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These were also delicious, with a nice hint of flavor without being overly spicy and complementing the steaks beautifully. Add slices of onion to the pouch for extra flavor!
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Nov 13, 2013 10:00 PM
Rather than going at its usual 10:30pm slot, tonight's episode of "The League" is going to air at 10:00pm. Why? Because the powers the be at FXX said so--and furthermore have indicated that future episodes will also air at 10:00pm--and that's all you need know. Now, as for the plot, well, we don't want to give anything away, but some of it will feature Andre trying to help with a trade. We imagine that will go badly. Certainly, in our fantasy league, when someone meddles in someone else's trade, it isn't pretty. Here, it probably won't be pretty, but it might just be incredibly amusing, and isn't that why you watch?
Past Events
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Nov 20, 2013TV Network - FXX
We believe that there will be much funny tonight on "The League," and we believe that because there are going to be two episodes of the series on. Of course, it's a little sad too, because the season is endign tonight. At least, we guess, we can take solace in the fact that "The League" season lasted longer than the NY Giants' playoff chances, those were gone by what, late September? At least there is always next year... for both "The League" and the Giants.
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Sep 04, 2013TV Network - FXX
Football season is here, and because football season is here, fantasy football season is here, and because fantasy football season is here, "The League" is here, and because "The League" is here, we're happy. Trust us, "The League" is the only thing that can make us laugh about fantasy football -- the truth is the NFL season is just starting and we're already thinking about looking towards next year (the draft did not go our way). The new season of "The League" is going to be airing on FX spinoff, FXX, so do make sure to plan accordingly and may your fantasy draft have gone better than ours.
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Dec 09, 2012
After noticing subtle changes in their relationship, Ruxin grows concerned that Sofia has had a change of heart about their marriage; the guys in the league attempt to separate themselves from an unfavorable acquaintance; Jenny makes a trade.
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Nov 09, 2012
Kevin tries to become a judge and he is forced to attend a charity event alongside the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, Ryan Fitzpatrick; the guys of the league compete to see who's the smartest with an intelligence test; Andre is in denial.
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Nov 08, 2012
Kevin tries to become a judge and he is forced to attend a charity event alongside the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, Ryan Fitzpatrick; the guys of the league compete to see who's the smartest with an intelligence test; Andre is in denial.
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Oct 25, 2012TV Network - FX
Listen, there's this moment in the season of a fantasy sports league where you're likely to forget to alter your roster, where you're likely to forget that you have a game you need to be concerned about, where you're likely to think 'Hey, my baby's diaper needs to be changed and that's just more important than fantasy football.' Don't let that sort of mindset creep in. You have to fight it. And, don't think that you only have to fight it with fantasy sports, you have to fight it with shows about fantasy sports too. We may be in the third week of the new season for "The League," but that's absolutely no reason you should think that your child's diaper is remotely more important than watching tonight's episode. It just isn't (and we say this as a parent of two). "The League"'s season continues tonight. Watch.
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Oct 11, 2012TV Network - FX
People take their fantasy football quite seriously -- we take our fantasy football quite seriously so we know. Now, people play fantasy baseball too (again, we do), but we think that people tend to take football that much more seriously because there are fewer games over fewer weeks and so each weekend counts more. Plus, there's this FX comedy which focuses on a fantasy football league. You should check it out if you haven't seen it before, it's quite possible you'll laugh -- the show has been very funny.
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Jul 08, 2012
Much to their dismay, Pete and Kevin are reluctantly dragged to a terrible Christmas party, but they'd much rather be spending their time watching the playoffs; Ruxin and Taco decide to take on a special mission in Chinatown.
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Dec 22, 2011TV Network - FX
Just as the football season is coming to an end, so too must the current season of "The League." To describe the series as a quirky show about a bunch of folks in a fantasy football league may not actually quite do justice to it. It is, also quite funny... even if you don't like fantasy football. Okay, it's just possible that the show is even funnier if you don't play or like fantasy football... if you do play fantasy football the show might hit a little too close to home (we know that it does, on occasion, for us). That isn't to say you won't find it funny, you will, it's just that it may tweak you a little.
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Oct 06, 2011TV Network - FX
People are obsessive (and vaguely crazy) about their fantasy football teams and nowhere is that personified better than via the characters in FX's "The League." These folks are insane about their fantasy football, they don't just take it seriously, they take it more seriously than life itself. What does that mean for you? Well, two things. First, it will help you understand where fantasy football players are coming from, and second, it will make you laugh at where fantasy football players are coming from. Trust us, we know people like this... we work with people like this.
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Sep 16, 2010TV Network - FX
Is there anything quite so humorous and so sad as adult men complaining about their fantasy football team (and we don't just say that because we're writing this during the exact same time that our fantasy football draft is taking place elsewhere and we're sure we're going to get a horrible team and be made fun of relentlessly for the next five months)? That's the question "The League" attempts to answer (maybe) as they head into their second season, a season complete with a guest appearance in the premiere by none other than he who was originally named Chad Johnson himself.