text: Forums General Hospital A new future for soaps? Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) Author Posts January 16, 2012 at 8:32 pm #120514 stoney07 280 Posts I was skimming through youtube the other night, and I ran across an idea that I thought was quite interesting. We as soap fans are losing our soaps 1 by 1 and sometimes 2 at a time…and it sucks. I can't imagine living my life without my soaps (Y&R, B&B, DOOL, sometimes GH) but here's the thing…. In the UK, soaps are broadcast later in the evening. Some at 6:30, some at 7, etc…do you guys think it could work in the US that way? Maybe after the local news or something, soaps could come on. Of course I know that OLTL, AMC, ATWT, GL, AW, Loving, etc…have all been cancelled and won't be back, BUTTTTTTTT what if there were maybe new soaps (quality soaps) with new writers, producers, etc. that came on the air in the evening. They seem to be widely popular overseas, so why wouldn't it work here? By the way, I love EastEnders, Doctors, Coronation Street, etc… And much like our Daytime Emmy's, they have the British Soap Awards which are much better (to me)…where the cast and crew of ALL the soaps come together and hand out great awards, like Best Storyline, Best Villain, Sexiest Actor/actress, Best newcomer, Best single episode, etc… So do you all think it could work here? What would you all like to see, if so, on some of these new shows??? here are some clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPDcHFhG_i8&feature=related January 16, 2012 at 9:03 pm #855051 aveRex 34 Posts As long as the same idiots that are running the networks in the US are there, this will never, ever happen. Soaps truly are gone from the US television market. I just don't ever see it happening. Now if you watch the telenovelas on the Spanish language channels as well as the European shows, as you've mentioned, they will thrive in primetime for years to come. I've checked out the Spanish ones and I can see why they draw the crowds. Totally scorching hot men on those shows. Problem for me is I don't understand the dialogue. If they would caption those in English subtitles like they do with opera, I'd give them a shot. January 16, 2012 at 9:15 pm #855054 hey mon 418 Posts Yeah, the telenovellas are great…the women are hot, hot, hot…and they are always dressed up and looking good. Y&R could use a bit of this, since Chloe, who is one of the key, future players, could use a wardrobe makeover; and a push up bra for this viewer. January 16, 2012 at 11:09 pm #855068 Camp is not a sustainable model 828 Posts @stoney07: I've discussed this before. For the U.S. due to the need for news programs they would not air soaps during those hours. In fact it would be an uphill battle to get any soap on in the evening on network television. Yet here is what could happen: For example say BET invested in creating a soap to air at night. It would run like a telenovela for about 13 weeks or 3 months. The soap could air 3 to 4 nights a week. This would allow them run marathons of the episodes on the weekend and overnight if possible. Obviously the soap would not be just like a telenovela given that Americans have a different style of soap that we like to see. But the time frame would work. Now I would first suggest a soap I created about two battling music companies. That would be something BET would consider. And if you went back to the old model of a half-hour soap then you would save on money. So then you could use this type as a test show and launching pad for more. And when you look at MYTV Neworks failure. There were three main problems: #1 – The time-slots were competing with network television prime-time series. #2 – All the Novela's were just English translations of their original Latin version. Which means they didn't get the fact that in American soaps the main villain is usually a man and that we care about more than just about the old wrong side of tracks love story, where they big bad parent is trying to keep their son/daughter from falling for the working class man/woman. Our soaps have more layers and more going on then that. #3 – Let's be honest. Soaps are mainly watched by black women. And of all the MYTV Network soaps they had out there, they were with basically with mostly white cast and a few ethnics here and there. And with the lack of programming featuring a mostly or largely African American cast. The best way to draw eyeballs to a primetime novela style soap and immediately grab the presses attention, would have been to create one with a largely black cast and use publications like Ebony (over 1 million subscribers and 3 million total reach) , Jet (over 3 million subscribers and 7 million total reach), and other black magazines where they would have graciously promoted the series with a cover story and advertisements. You see in a sea of prime-time series with mostly white cast you have to do something bold to break out of the bunch. I'm sure once it was shown to be a success other networks like Lifetime, Nick-At-Night would enter into the game. January 17, 2012 at 6:45 am #855136 Anonymous 63 Posts I think after the last (4) are kicked to the curb. I think the executives will see viewers backlash, and will set out to create a new landscape of daytime dramas. I think NBC, CBS, ABC will see nobody really watching these silly talkshows and will set out to create maybe (1) or (2) 30 minute soap and will showcase some young fresh faces of actors/actress you've never heard. That will keep cost down and maybe one daytime player such as Kim Zimmer would be in placed to drive ratings up. I do think the soaps will come back but in a different form and the production model will be different. January 17, 2012 at 9:00 pm #855239 tessab13 1 Posts The other issue that you need to consider is the children that would be watching at that hour. Networks already have to consider the type of programming they're putting in the 8pm (east & west coast times)shows. 9 and 10 pm shows can have more of an edge to them as executives figure kids should be in bed by that time. Plus, I think Americans are too ingrained with what they like to watch at 6:30 or 7 pm. I just don't think that would work… unfortunately. January 18, 2012 at 5:58 am #855360 Lana 5 Posts Check out this link from tvguide.com regarding this: http://www.tvguide.com/News/General-Hospital-Primetime-1041986.aspx January 20, 2012 at 6:49 pm #855775 ldylkng 114 Posts WE ALREADY HAVE PRIMETIME SOAPS, REVENGE,RINGER, GREYS, PRIVATE PRACTICE, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES,. WHY? WHY? WHY, DO NETWORK EXECS THINK SOAPS ARE DYING? AM I WRONG? PLEASE GIVE YOUR OPINIONS!!!! Viewing 8 posts - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic.


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Back when the personal was the political, women liberated themselves from male standards of female beauty by throwing away their razors or tossing out those smelly tubes of Nair. Hairy legs were de rigueur for a while, and the maxi skirt enjoyed a brief vogue; when it was over most women went back to shaving their legs and carefully scissoring the springy hairs that obtruded from the crotch of whatever increasingly tiny wisp of cloth covered their pudenda. They might have had a bikini wax once, but it was so painful they couldn't bring themselves to keep doing it after the honeymoon, so they trimmed their bushes into tidiness or just let them grow wild and even gray, hardly giving them another thought.
But the distance between a bikini wax and a Brazilian is greater than just a few meters of defoliated pubes. Aesthetic ideal or cultural signifier, the naked pudendum is the new normal, and not just on reruns of Sex and the City. Pubic hair has all but disappeared on young women today; if there's any left, it's only a "landing strip."
That this is a trend became clear to me after I joined a new health club. Previously I belonged to the Jewish Community Center, where the women wear bathing suits in the hot tub, get undressed in curtained shower cubicles, and put their underwear on before they drop their towels. But when the JCC closed for remodeling, I joined a gym whose female clientele is mostly young, fit and single. In the locker room I try to just admire their taut bodies instead of envying them, and usually I don't stare.
But it's hard not to notice when a woman well past puberty has a hairless pussy, especially when she flashes it right in your face as she climbs past you in the sauna to a higher, hotter perch. Poor thing, I thought, she must have just gone through chemo, or maybe she has a zinc deficiency – I had a friend once who did, her eyebrows simply fell out and didn't grow back for a year. But then a couple of other similarly Xtremely groomed women came in, and when they got to comparing the pros and cons of waxing versus shaving, I realized I'd stumbled on a trend. A few years late, maybe, but somehow I missed that reality show about a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon whose pudenda agenda includes not only crotch electrolysis but also injections of botox and restalyne to plump out thinning labia.
At a loss to understand why anyone would lay out big bucks to have someone pour hot wax on her private parts and then rip it off, I presented my bona fides as a reporter and posed that question to the women in the sauna.
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"How do you explain anything about them?" shrugged another wwoman, and everyone laughed.
I told my new BF's about John Ruskin, who before his marriage had only seen the female form bare and classicized in paintings and sculpture; confronted on his wedding night with his bride's pubic hair, he fled the bridal chamber, thinking her grossly deformed.
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It was the kind of discussion that not only makes me realize how old I am, but also makes me glad I'm not young anymore; after all, if you wait long enough, nature gets rid of your pubic hair for you. (I've always thought that was one of the real indignities of age, so when an older woman of my acquaintance told me Melatonin had rejuvenated her thinning bush, I tried it; I haven't noticed much regrowth, but I'm sleeping a lot better these days.)
I don't know why it should surprise me that women are so willing to subject themselves to a painful, pricey or perpetual process like pubic depilation to gratify men's desires or allay their fears, even those whose mothers once threw away their razors as a political statement. What surprises me is that they don't realize that in doing so, they're making one, too.
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Re: Q:To ASM or Not to ASM
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Amihay: Comments inline.. > I work in R&D in my organization , and we need to decided if to cooperate > ASM instead of some other LVM. > I build a small list of advantanges and disadvantages on ASM , and some > questions . I would like to hear you comments . > disadvantages: > 1. New technology . Not wide speared , most IT doesn't have enough knowledge > in this area. Every technology is new for some time. That does not mean that we should not use that. There are enough material available in public domain for the basic users and soon some publications (hint:?) will be available. So ASM wisdom may not be major issue in coming years. > 2. Backup & recovery must be done using RMAN . Only the current versions. 10g R2 gives the command line access (like another filesystem) where you can copy, move, ftp files to the ASM instance. Soon you can backup ASM using commnd line options.. And ofcourse Backup& Recovery using RMAN is a best practice (!) > 3. Single point of failure - If ASM instance is down ( , I'm not sure about > this point). THis is true for any volume manager. btw you can RACify (means ASM Instance can be run in RAC mode) the ASM instance so that the single point of failure can be eliminated. No need to worry about the single point of failure issues. > My questions are : > 1. Do you think that ASM will be acceptable next year as LVM solution for > oracle database in big companies ? I see ASM is going to replace most of the expen$ive volume managers in next versions and after some time, ASM may be the _only_ storage option for the data files.. But that will be a long way from now. ASM is improving and will be an accptable solution in many data certers. > 2. Do you think that ASM can be fine tuned as you can tune in a file base > level installation ? > You don't need to tune the ASM. It is SAME concept. -- Best Regards, K Gopalakrishnan Co-Author: Oracle Wait Interface, Oracle Press 2004 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007222729X/ -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
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If this was your son taking this beating from these SAVAGE ANIMALS would you be so bold as to call the little darlings "Savages" News 10 Tampa Fla. VIDEO: U.S. Army soldier brutally beaten in South Tampa | wtsp.com
oh cool... this thread should go over well. ... just what our special senior contributor enjoys. I'm convinced a few of the usual suspects here can't go more than a few hours without a "reverse racism" fix. They absolutely MUST create a black-on-white police blotter thread every half day or so, or go into a fidgety, irrational nicotine-like fit. But they're not racist posters. Not at all. You can tell by the clever usage of the word "savages" time after time. There's no connotation there whatsoever. You're "racist" to even suggest it means anything.
What. You think white people assault black people? If so, then you're the worst: a reverse-reverse racist! That's really racist!...oh wait...
That's like a racist who hates only reverse racist haters? Or is it a double reverse-racist? I can't keep up. All that's clear is that they like to keep us confused by their reverse-reverse, "I know you are but what am I?" logic platform. Which begs the question: Why do you hate America, Commie?
you apparently don't know what the word means funny that you have no problem with the post I was responding to
because you answered a question with a question it's called deflecting which is what you do when you can't answer the original question....which was valid
I wonder why you didn't ask Harry to quantify his statement that liberals love criminals? Is it starting to sink in for you, yet?
Harry is speaking to the media double standard where race is concerned something the lib followers of the race hustlers are loathe to admit. This Op Ed speaks honestly to this subject. The author has dfirst hand experience of real racism and discrimination unlike so many here and sees how the race issue has been perverted. Authorities And The Media Tend To Try To Sweep Black Attacks On Whites Under The Rug - Investors.com I would urge people to read the entire there is much more I cannot quote due to copyright issues.
When you point out the "double standard" the only excuse they can come up with is try to make you look racist for pointing it out.
No, it's called context... Here's a little hint for you: no, the original question was not valid. If you really think it was, please provide us with evidence that libruls love criminals.
Sure he is, 13... sure he is. Any evidence of the so-called double standard? All we ever get from harry is one sided race baiting where he pretends the media ignores the story he gets from the media. Does your link provide any actual evidence?


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Laptop Roaming It's about freedom for the user Freedom to connect anywhere and be perfectly adapted at every location Move around and stay connected Roam between job sites, client sites and your home or private sites. The brilliant idea of Laptop Roaming The professional workforce is becoming increasingly mobile. For professionals who are advisers or consultants, moving between client sites is nothing new. But throughout the industry the talent and competence of professionals are used and appreciated in task forces and project teams across organizations. Combined with the fact that today almost everyone is dependent on a computer, a workstation or a laptop for their work, the need for effective solutions to make these tools, the workstation or laptop, truly mobile is, not surprisingly, increasing. The answer is Laptop Roaming. H o te l H om e A irp o r t So far laptop roaming has been mostly about access. The necessity of getting access from wherever you are. The dominant way of getting off site access has been dial-up connections over the telecom network, but broadband technologies and wireless LAN technologies are growing quickly. But laptop roaming is not just access. What a mobile professional really needs is a laptop that becomes a site and situation adapted workstation. Wherever the professional opens his laptop to start work, the laptop should be configured and prepared for the work and environment at that site. The professional should spend no time to rearrange, reconfigure or set up workarounds. Laptop Roaming is making the laptop a mobile workplace. A work station user expects •Printing to happen on default printer when hitting the print button If you achieve this, the •Mail account overview to show available and relevant accounts •Explorer or save or open buttons to display drives, folders and effectiveness of a professional files that are available, applicable and relevant. will increase dramatically. The professional will focus on the Some work station users expect task at hand and not be •To share files on the work station with others distracted by the problems of Every work station user expects getting the laptop set-up •To be connected to the appropriate network section, acceptable. domain or work group and to be given the appropriate access and user rights The roaming laptop user expects to be as adapted as a stationary work station wherever he connects his laptop With the MultiNetwork Manager from GlobeSoft, each location is given a profile, and when starting to work at that location the laptop user simply applies the location profile, and the laptop is automatically configured to fit exactly into the working and network environment at that location. This of course applies to the sometimes complicated connection and network parameters that are needed to be appropriately connected to the network, but it also includes things like default printer and mail accounts which are so easily forgotten to be changed, creating unnecessary disruptions and annoyance. At boot-up or when moving choose your location from the menu, apply and your Office profile •Default printer laptop is instantly adapted •Network drives •Domain/Work group to the local network •Mail client environment. HQ profile •WLan •Default printer •Network drives •Mail client •Domain/Workgroup Mfg profile •Default printer •Network drives •WLan •Shared folders/drives Home profile •Default printer •Mail client •VPN •WLan Benefits with Laptop Roaming Laptop Roaming using the MultiNetwork Manager from GlobeSoft means increased efficiency and reduced cost. Increased effectiveness for professionals who move between work sites Significantly reduced costs for dial-up connections Increased IT organisation effectiveness and reduced IT support costs The increased effectiveness for professionals due to the ease of changing workplace and to be perfectly adapted without the embarrassment and intimidation of not mastering network technology is obvious from the discussion above. But there are also the other ways that laptop roaming saves costs and increases effectiveness. 1. Significantly reduced costs for dial-up connections As mentioned previously, the dominating way of getting access is through dial-up connections. Using a modem connection, however, only gives a very simple connection normally not allowing anything but reading mail. The demand for functionally more advanced connections via modem is limited since the speed of a modem connection anyway limits the usefulness. Besides, telecom charges apply when using a modem connection, analogue or ISDN. With the increasing number of professionals working from remote sites, or from home, the telephone bill grows to a significant cost for mobile laptop use. And this is especially annoying, knowing that connection through the network at the remote site, or via a broadband connection using VPN from home, would reduce these costs to more or less nothing. The barrier to start using network access instead of a dial-up connection has been that the professionals very often are not skilled enough in IP networking to master the necessary changes to the laptop settings. Besides, changing these settings often includes manipulating parameters that are associated with the operating system or the intricacies of networking. Having failed several times and been through the discomfort of calling a young IT support person to come and fix settings that were corrupted, properly told how stupid the whole matter is and how easily it could have been avoided if only people knew the basic things about windows and networking, a professional understandably uses the telephone line the next time. It is worth noting that the advent of wireless LANs doesn't solve this problem. Access through a wireless LAN to a local network requires the same reconfiguration and adjustment of connectivity and network settings as connecting through an Ethernet wire. The wireless LAN, however, requires additional settings and scanning for radio signals, which is normally taken care of by the adaptor client software. Using the MultiNetwork Manager this functionality is included so that there is no need for special client software when using wireless LAN. Public places such as hotels or airports now increasingly offer wireless Internet access. Using VPN the user can connect to the office network to get access to resources needed for his work provided the VPN settings are correct. WLan settings including access keys for billing and VPN settings are handled by the MultiNetwork Manager as well as other configuration data that may be relevant for the particular site. Using the MultiNetwork Manager also allows a professional to use his laptop from home, connecting to his home environment, which could be anything from a printer to a complete local network, or connecting to the office or to a client site over VPN without being intimidated by the risk of corrupting system or network settings. Achieve this… Connect anywhere Connect your laptop to the network at the office, at your regional or local sites, at client or customer sites, at home, in hotel rooms and airport lounges with automatic or very minimal reconfiguration using company standard equipment/peripherals. Seamless access to network resources While connected to each network, access available network resources at that location including file shares, printers, intranet, Internet and applications, and additionally simultaneously and seamlessly access company network resources via VPN including Outlook email, file shares intranet and applications Roam between locations Roam between these locations and quickly and easily connect the workstation to the network to facilitate for professionals to do their work and increase their effectiveness and freedom. …without the need for technical specialists, IT-support or more than general PC user knowledge 2. Increased IT-organisation effectiveness… Earlier it was mentioned that each location is given a profile defining all the settings needed to adapt the laptop to the environment at that location. But how is this profile created? And especially, how is this profile created without causing embarrassment or intimidation to the professional? The MultiNetwork Manager uses available methods and protocols to search the network for configuration data, and use that data in an auto detect and auto configuration process. In almost all cases the auto detect function provides the connection parameters needed for Internet access via a local network. For additional configuration data the MultiNetwork Manger has a set of very user- friendly interfaces and wizards to guide the user through the configuration process. This also includes information to the user of data that cannot be obtained automatically, but should be given by the system or network operator. Auto detect manages to configure network settings automatically in 9 of 10 cases. MultiNetwork Manager import and export can be used to make network administration more cost efficient. And with the starting point always being to save the settings currently on your laptop in a current profile, the user can always go back to that point by retrieving the saved current profile. So instead of being intimidated by complicated and scattered procedures to set configuration data in windows, the professional now can use auto detect, a common, friendly user interface and an escape way back if by mistake or ignorance some data were incorrectly set. The laptop user can in many cases easily help himself without IT support. 3. …and reduced IT support costs. But the idea is not that the professional should spend time to find out and set configuration data. Data that in some cases are not publicly available, for security reasons, and therefore has to be set or given by the system or network administrator. If the professional at the first visit to a work place, asks an IT administrator to configure the laptop with everything needed and appropriate at that work place, then the only thing the professional has to do is to capture that configuration in a profile. The profile associated with this workplace can then be retrieved every time the professional arrives at this location and the laptop will always be adapted and allow access to all needed resources. Sometimes it's hard to find an available IT administrator, and it is always expensive and inefficient to send someone to site to help configure a laptop. So the MultiNetwork Manager includes an import function, which allows the system or network administrator to prepare a configuration file, and store it from where it can be imported by the laptop user. The laptop user imports the file and creates the location profile. The profile can then be retrieved every time the professional returns to this work place. Because the MultiNetwork Manager makes it easy to handle network configurations adapting laptops to different work environments, it reduces dramatically the cost for IT support related to support calls caused by failed configuration attempts. And this cost can be quite significant. And by using the MultiNetwork Manager, the IT support can rationalise implementing network changes even further. Changes to the network may require changes to the settings in the workstations connected to the network. Such changes can be prepared in MultiNetwork Manager import files, and all workstation users can be asked to create a profile using this imported file. At the date of changeover, the workstation user applies the new profile and the workstation is reconfigured. In this way the MultiNetwork Manager can be used to significantly reduce IT support costs. As a matter of fact, the MultiNetwork Manager has been used as part of a standard software build, loaded into all deployed workstations. At site the receiver applies the applicable and pre-prepared location profile, and the workstation is connected to the network. This eliminated the need for an IT support engineer to go to site. Conclusion Laptop Roaming makes life easier and work more pleasant and effective for the professional. It enables him to move between work places and makes his special skills available where it's needed, a benefit to the whole organisation. Support calls caused by configuration problems, maybe the most frequent reason for support calls, can be almost eliminated, and the bill for dial-up connections heavily reduced. As important is the fact that the tool that enables Laptop Roaming also means dramatically reduced IT support costs when applied throughout the organisation and used properly.


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I think everyone can agree that the loss of a family pet is one of the hardest things a person can go through. It's like losing a member of your family. So it's with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Tom Hank's dog, Monty. The actor - who doesn't often go on Twitter - took to the social media site to write about his beloved canine's passing. In honor of the pup's memory, he posted the message: "Deep brown eyes, noble demeanor, finest dog ever. A sad day. Goodbye Big Boy," while also linking to a picture of the dog on his WhoSay page.
It pains me to dampen a Friday with such sad news, but we here and Hollywood.com wanted to do our part to pay tribute to Hanks' special companion (we're big dog lovers over here). And speaking from someone who's also lost a dog, I can say it's a tough road to bear, but the fact that Hanks took the time to give a Twitter shout-out to his dog, truly shows how much he cared for him. Just another reason to love Tom Hanks. RIP Monty!
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I was doing a little research in the March 1970 issue of House Beautiful and found a fun article on entertaining chez Bobby Short. (Very apropos as yesterday's post was about entertaining.) That man had style for days and made everything look effortless. So for lunch for friends, Short served Texas Chili, Corn Meal Muffins, Salsify with Mayonnaise Mousseline, and Boysenberry Sherbet with Crème de Cassis. How easy is that? Chili, or any stew for that matter, is a perfect entertaining dish. All you have to do is make it ahead of time and let it simmer on the stove. In fact, this entire menu could be prepared ahead of time.
My favorite part of the article is Short's quote likening cooking to making music:
When you make a stew, you finish it to taste with a few grinds of the peppermill, maybe a dash more salt, thyme, too, and you know-you just know- when the flavor is right. Making music is much the same thing. You start with a little bass, add a soupçon of treble, throw in a bit of the drum, 'growl out' the lyrics, and suddenly it's okay. You're in there swinging.
I love the shot of Short tasting the chili with his ladle. Unfortunately, the images are all in black and white so you can't really get a good idea as to just how chic his apartment was. I'm including a few images of his apartment as it appeared in the Christie's auction catalogue.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
For All You Bobby Short Fans in the House
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His apartment c 1970 was situated in a building that was attached to Carnegie Hall. Pity the photos don't show more of it, as the living room was double height with a balcony giving on to bedroom and bath, making it 3 levels in all! Not shown in the photo but very much present in 1970, were a pair of armchairs with animal
tusks for arms and legs, interesting but not especially comfortable and, heaven knows, politically incorrect by today's standards!Thanks for a lovely post and peek at one of my favorite musicians! I realize that I'd never before seen his apartment so this is wonderful, if brief.
As for entertaining, one of my best parties was a soup supper; I made 3 kinds of soup and guests brought bread, salad and cookies. I find that everyone wants to help and bring something.Not to take anything away from him in terms of talent,
taste, or erudition, but it must be admitted that he could be terribly disparaging about the decorating profession. In fact was dismissive of it, despite all those fans of his who happened to be in that business. Another one of life's little ironies.


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Garnering his first Grammy nods for his work on Kendrick Lamar's major label debut, Like drops a cheery new solo cut dedicated to the Brazilian city after a recent visit.
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I hear it often. Some of you reading this hear it too. "You guys are old school". Most say it approvingly- almost as a congratulatory statement. Some say it in an accusatory tone, others say it out of surprise. To me, it's a compliment, a badge of honor, a non-debatable fact.
What is 'old school training'?
My definition is simply training in the same manner and using the same methods that were standard practice in the dojo' in Okinawa decades ago. It doesn't mean resisting change or keeping a closed mind; it simply means embracing the old, functional methods. I'll provide a list of examples that I like, and equate with old-school training:
- I like to wear a white karate-gi with only one patch. I have different gi/hakama for iaido, judo, and organizational events. In Japan- there is a term: Shibumi – Simple elegance. I like that principle in everything. No superfluous patches, stripes, or anything else to distract from training, or draw attention to the wearer.
- I like a wood floor. We have mats on our main dojo training area with 100 yr old hardwood underneath, but I prefer training – especially kata- on a wood floor.
- I like training with no shoes, indoors and outdoors. In karate, so many details are in the toes- gripping, turning, balance, and power transfer that is lost when shoes are worn.
- I like to train in a hot dojo in the summer, and a cold dojo in the winter; Extremes help forge discipline of the mind. A disciplined mind creates a disciplines karate-ka.
- I like to sweat.. A LOT. Even in the winter, I like to sweat. If I haven't soaked my gi and undergarments with sweat during training, I feel as if I haven't worked hard enough.
- I like training outdoors: I train in the grass, on my patio, or on the roof of my dojo. Training outdoors, in touch with nature, brings me closer to the source.
- I like the old, tried and proven methods and hojo undo equipment. Our dojo has kicking shields, hand targets, heavy bags, benches, barbells and dumbells. We also have makiwara, chi-ishi, ironman training dummy, and at home I have ishi-bako, nigiri ga-me (gripping jars), ishi-sashi (stone locks similar to kettlebells) and various other iron palm and iron finger training equipment. I prefer the older tools to the newer.
- I like contact; lots of contact, solo (with training tools), or partner, soft and hard. Contact is key to learning about your body mechanics, your pain threshold, and pushing your limits.
- I like a simple, functional dojo. We have what we need to train, learn, and grow. The most luxurious item in our dojo is the drink cooler; it keeps the water and gatorade chilled and refreshing. No juice bar. No parents lounge. No flat screen tv's on the wall.
To be clear, I find absolutely nothing wrong with modern equipment, or wearing a different uniform (if required by your teacher/organization). Air conditioning and heat are great amenities, and perhaps even necessary for any public dojo that wants to attract parents and their children. Varying levels of contact and foam armor (sparring gear) are the norm for many dojo' in modern times; This is due in part to insurance regulations, but honestly, most people just don't like getting hit. Flat screen tv's, wi-fi, and lounges are great amenities, and for my friends that have large, professional karate dojo'- I would even venture to claim that these amenities are a necessary business expense.
Does this mean that you have to stand and choose between old-school and modern? NO. Everyone can embrace some of the 'old-school'. Even if your dojo has modern and luxurious amenities, your training methods can still be "old-school". If you are one of those old-school karate-ka, understand that you are in the ever increasing minority; some will question your methods, some will chastise you, some will misunderstand and call you closed-minded. Don't let it bother you. Take that compliment; wear that badge of honor, and pass it on to the next generation.
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A few responses to those on the BTX site who are trying in vain to defend Springsteen's PIG behavior and Scialfa's acceptance of it.
First of all, he was a PIG 20 years ago and long before that when he and Scialfa were having onstage, clothed sex with his current wife, Julianne, in the audience.
So, he certainly isn't a class act now and never has been and neither has Scialfa.
Secondly, he's a musician and to the poster who commented that it's part of his job and Scialfa knew this, you are out to lunch.
How many musicians do you know who open their legs so the fans in the pit can touch their crotch and grope their body parts?
How many musicians do you know who kiss the hands of female fans in the audience?
How many musicians do you know who are male and have a passionate kiss with another male musician in their band on stage?
How many musicians do you know who dance with "little girls" on stage?
How many musicians do you know who have written the VAST amount of songs that speak to sex with "little girls," men/boys, prostitutes, threesomes, 250 up the ar*e, etc., etc., etc.?
Not to mention Springsteen's violent, degrading songs and the too many to count songs about his infidelities.
He's not in a strip club, but perhaps that's where he belongs.
No. Not as a patron, but as an act.
As far as Scialfa, laughing at his behavior if she were there, what else can she do?
There aren't many musicians, in fact, I can't think of one who displays such SICK behavior while performing.
So, yes, Scialfa didn't marry a mechanic, but she knew WHAT she was marrying and it isn't because of his profession.
She accepts it because she finds nothing wrong with it just as Springsteen doesn't.
Case in point, "Red-headed Woman."
If you think Scialfa has any control over Springsteen; what he writes; or cares about what HE and SHE subject their children to, the evidence speaks for itself.
She accepts it because, otherwise, where would she be without him?
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(CNS) - After dismal audience ratings and a campaign by concerned citizens to clean up the airwaves, controversial radio shock jock Howard Stern was pulled Tuesday from WROC, a Minneapolis FM station.
The cancellation was the result of a campaign by the Minnesota Family Institute, which lobbied against the show because of its sexual content and glorification of such activities as bestiality, necrophilia and incest.
"We're very pleased. The departure of Howard Stern is not a loss to the community. The basic format and content of his program is lewd, in bad taste, in respects pornographic. It does a disservice to the community and we think it's good he's off the air in the twin cities," Tom Prichard, president of the Minnesota Family Institute, told CNSNews.com.
Prichard also called on WCCO-TV, a CBS affiliate, to follow the radio station's lead and drop Stern's weekly late night TV show.
"We hope WCCO will be family friendly and replace Stern's television show with something that will contribute to a better community rather than demeaning women and basic community values," Prichard said.
A spokeswoman for CBS in New York told CNSNews.com that WCCO had no plans to pull the Howard Stern show.
Stern's latest national outrage came in the wake of the killings of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado. The day after the shootings, Stern joked about the tragedy with his live radio audience.
"There were some really good-looking girls running out with their hands over their heads. Did those kids try to have sex with any of the good-looking girls? .... If I was going to kill some people, I'd take them out with sex," Stern said.
Reacting to this performance, some of Stern's largest national sponsors withdrew their ads from his program, Prichard reported.
What also soured the community to Howard was a series of billboard ads for his show depicting a scantily-clad woman.
"Is it there for shock or to educate and inform. Does it have a redeeming social value. Clearly the Howard Stern show did not. It outraged and offended people with gratuitous sexual themes. It's a form of social pollution," Prichard said.
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By: justagoodman on May 18, 2006 - 7:23am - Add new comment
A trailer is not safe from any one wanting to cause harm to a child or teacher. At least a buidling is more secure than a trailer. If for no other reason there needs to be a building to protect the children. If you drive around our campuses you will see what I mean, there is NO security for the trailers.
For no other reason this should be enough to vote yes for buildings for our children.
In an age of fear from terrorism, kidnappers, and child abductors, a trailer is not safe.
By: justagoodman on May 19, 2006 - 9:56am - Add new comment
In the dark days of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt counseled Americans to avoid fear. George W. Bush is his polar opposite. The public's fear is this president's most potent political asset. Perhaps his only asset.
By: justagoodman on May 29, 2006 - 9:50am - Add new comment
To all who are going to scold me for doing this cut and paste. MY BAD..oooppppss.
What You Need To Believe To Be A Republican:
1. Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.
2. Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush's daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a "we can't find Bin Laden" diversion.
3. Trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is Communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony.
By: justagoodman on May 29, 2006 - 8:46pm - Add new comment
I truly apologize to everyone on the blogs that never should sent the posting out today.
I was disrespectful to Memorial Day and all veterans, including my father, and all of my uncles, most especially my grandfather..
I will show better respect for remembering the importance of our freedom of speech and who was and still is responsible for my nation. PEACE
By: justagoodman on May 30, 2006 - 10:23pm - Add new comment
I am sad to know a young lady is dead because there was a gun in the home.
Only when the entire story is released will we know what happened. BT said accident.
Even if it was an accident, why the gun loaded and in the home? Carrie is Dead!
We must start to get a grip of our violence. Who is selling these guns? Why? Is there so much violence in our society? I played with guns as a child, toy guns, I have no desire to own a gun for protection.
Many feel it is our right. Is that my answer, or right to bear arms and kill 17 year olds.
By: justagoodman on October 26, 2006 - 6:53am - Add new comment
Time to get the word out Sanford has to go! Tommy is the best choice, he will bring back the lost education dollars that belong here. SUPPORT TOMMY
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This past Friday morning, the BHS football team drove off in a chartered bus to North Mrytle Beach. They left about 11 a.m.
When it was time for the BHS cross country team to leave, there was no bus scheduled for them. And when it did come it was a school bus.
Why did the cross country not get a chartered bus for the boys who won states last year, and were going to a State event and the football team get a chartered bus?
By: justagoodman on November 26, 2006 - 12:49am - Add new comment
My dear friend a pyschic told me I would run into a special person on Hilton Head,
The place feature servers in tommy bahama type shirts, the place has a giraffe motif or giraffe like colors in the place too.
So far I thought it was marleys, nope. Any ideas where it might be?
Other clues were within 2 to 3 block radius of McDonalds. So I doubt he meant north end of the island, not sure about it exactly It has three steps up to the place and has wooden columns too. racking my brain to figure it out.
went to marleys tonight. any help will be greatly appreciated
By: justagoodman on December 2, 2006 - 3:27pm - Add new comment
I figured that I could just drive up 46 and park at my freind's house and have only a few blocks to get to the parade route. WRONG. no traffic was permitted uptown all roads are blocked, go to Bluffton Parkway and see if you can get up there, said the Bluffton Cop.
My day was now ruined, as the traffic on Bluffton Parkway was heavy, so I did not see the annual parade which BLuffton is so famous.
Being relatively new it is an exciting thing to see a small(large)town parade.
Did I miss something in the paper about all roads to downtown being closed?
By: justagoodman on December 6, 2006 - 10:54am - Add new comment
When will this Board of Education start planning another high school? Bluffton High is at capacity at present but yet we will have three high school NOBroad with about 600 in each school, wow, the SOBs loose out again.


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For lush soaps, this was one of the better soaps. In general I am not crazy for their melt and pour soaps which I believe to be overpriced. But, this one had a lovely herbal-floral-creamy scent. My chunk did not have a bunch of seeds in it, but was covered with a fig leaf.
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Excellent location – rated 9.5/10! (score from 545 reviews)
Rated by guests after their stay at Grand Hôtel du Midi Châteaux & Hôtels Collection.
Very close proximity to the Place de la Comedie; very centrally in city
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The location is the best for being right in the city center. Couldn't ask for a better location.
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Location. Friend, helpful staff. Clean and comfortable. Beautiful decor throughout.
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Room, view, breakfast .
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Great location near to main square, trams and only short walk from train station. great view. Spacious and well appointed room. Charming decor. Lovely complementary toiletries. Great coffee at breakfast.
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Location is perfect
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I loved the wonderful way the old and new features had been combined and made for many a talking point! The staff were very helpful and informative and of course location could not be better. Trams a two minute walk and the Railway station just a short tram ride away, or even a pleasant walk!
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The Grand Hotel du Midi Châteaux & Hôtels Collection sits on Place de la Comédie in the historic center of Montpellier, across from the Opera house. Its rooms are individually decorated and have satellite TV and free Wi-Fi access.
This Haussmann building has air-conditioned rooms with a 26-inch flat-screen TV, a private bathtub or shower and a work desk. Some rooms have been decorated to create a romantic atmosphere.
Breakfast is served each morning from 7 am to 11 am in the breakfast room.
The hotel is 165 ft from Comedie Tram Station and a 5-minute walk to the Corum Congress Centre. Mediterranean beaches are a 40-minute drive away. Public parking is located nearby, with special rates for guests at the hotel.
We speak your language! Hotel Rooms: 44, Hotel Chain: Chateaux et Hotels Collection. This property has been on Booking.com since Dec 17, 2000.
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ibis Montpellier Centre Comedie Hotel ibis Montpellier Centre Comedie is in the heart of Montpellier, just 320 yards from Place de la Comédie. The hotel includes free Wi-Fi internet access and guest rooms with a flat-screen TV.
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Featuring a terrace and luggage storage, Hotel du Palais is set in a century-old building located in Montpellier next to the Place de la Canourgue. Free WiFi access is available.
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Odalys Appart Hotel Les Occitanes Les Occitanes features a 200 m2 spa with fitness centre and a steam bath. Located in the historic centre and in front of the train station, the apart hotel will provide you with free Wi-Fi access.
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ibis Styles Montpellier Centre Comedie In Montpellier just 325 ft from the Place de la Comédie, ibis Styles Montpellier Centre Comedie opened in April 2014 and has a bar, free Wi-Fi throughout, and a 24-hour front desk.
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gym is sot of joke, only 3 cycling machines there
Just the wifi
The information about the parking is misleading. If you are travelling with heavy suitcases, be aware that the parking is a public one (the entrance is in a tunnel). The parking exit is 300 to 400 meters from the hotel, and they have no porter to help you. We had to leave our bags in the car!!
Location was brilliant
Very very old ... but we were told thankfully they are closing the hotel end November 2014 to refurbish ... could not happen at a better time....
Great location near to main square, trams and only short walk from train station. great view. Spacious and well appointed room. Charming decor. Lovely complementary toiletries. Great coffee at breakfast.
No free coffee or tea in room. Poor sound insulation, so we were woken every morning around 4am by an army of machines cleaning the square our room overlooked. Breakfast was repetitive, not included in tariff and expensive.
Super well located Large and comfortable room Beautiful building with large corridors and lobby
Weird decoration choices, a room all beige/grey and a bathroom all apple green and bright red... No fitness or sauna
Beautiful architecture in a great location just next to the Place the la Comédie. Spacious and clean rooms with everything you would need. Good breakfast choices too. Every year for the last four years we have spent one week at the hotel so that we can say that in the whole we are very pleased with the hotel & service. Certainly we will return there.
It seems that rooms needs some repairs. In fact we were said that in order to make mayor improvements in the building the hotel will be close for a few months.
I loved the wonderful way the old and new features had been combined and made for many a talking point! The staff were very helpful and informative and of course location could not be better. Trams a two minute walk and the Railway station just a short tram ride away, or even a pleasant walk!
The only quibble was the rather dark bedroom, could have done with better lighting and perhaps lighter decoration.
Everything about this Hotel was first class, very comfortable rooms. Lovely friendly staff. Excellent value for money, excellent location looking onto the Comedie. Would definitely stay again.
There was nothing at all to dislike.
Very close proximity to the Place de la Comedie; very centrally in city
Faded grandeur of this fine old hotel. The exceptional care for guests provided by Matthieu on reception - knowledgeable, helpful and hard working. Close to a wide variety of restaurants and places of interest. Good breakfast.
Imminent price rise after planned renovation!
The unique and creative decor in the lobby with a bright red reception desk was our first pleasant surprise. Our room was about 2 1/2 times the size of a typical 3-star in Europe, so that was a bonus. Location was perfect - in the middle of the main town square.
A bit tricky arriving by car. We got rid of it pretty quickly at the nearby rentl drop off.
The location is the best for being right in the city center. Couldn't ask for a better location.
Finding the hotel by car is very difficult and loading/unloading is not possible by the hotel.
The location was fantastic, just up from the railway station. We had a generous balcony and was able to sit and people watch day and night. The bedroom and bathroom were both large and comfortable. I believe the hotel is closing soon for upgrading and we would definitely stay here If we return. Maree, Sydney, Australia
It can get a little noisy in the early hours when the street sweepers begin work but we choose to leave our doors open and it didn't bother us.
Location was perfect, old hotel but clean and comfortable. The rooms have a really nice view from the balcony. We had a great room (308) which was great, and the L'occitanne toiletries were a really nice touch. Thank you Grand Hotel Du Midi!
Really poor wifi. This is not the hotels fault or problem but a warning about the homeless drunks and their dogs that hang around outside the hotel all day, they don't really bother you but we wondered why don't authorities keep them away from such a big tourist centre? Smell of urine from street adjacent to hotel which these homeless and drunks use as a toilet.
The central location, good breakfasts, efficient and courteous staff, comfortable beds and quiet air conditioned rooms.
Reception staff were exceptional. Extremely helpful re local info restaurant recommendations/bookings. Beautiful hotel with great decor. Central location.
Central Location and "old world charm" of hotel (as long as one knows how to find it!).
It's rather difficult to find the hotel by car as one has to drive to a public underground parking garage close by. It also does not help that one cannot even drive up to the hotel to drop off one's luggage. Our GPS sent us around for a long while and only after phoning the hotel did we finally find our way - a somewhat frustrating experience in rush hour traffic and not many understanding motorists all in a hurry.
Centrally placed hotel with bars, restaurants, shops & trams on the doorstep. Very clean hotel with large bedrooms with nespresso machine,minibar & L'occitane toilettries. Comfortable bed with good quality linen.
Many homeless people complete with their dogs congregate in street outside hotel and can be heard shouting, drinking and fighting throughout the night. We returned to hotel at 6pm to find one asleep on hotel steps. Expect city tax to be added to your bill for nespresso (2€ per capsule) & breakfast (12€). Much better to buy breakfast in nearby cafes 5.90€
I loved the combination of a venerable old building with modern and fun decorative elements. I hate "standard" hotel decor and here was something that was enjoyable and memorable.
Lack of sufficient lighting. Overhead lighting makes a room feel warmer and can always be turned off to create a romantic atmosphere as relevant.
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So I REALLY love the YGO Abridged version of Bonds Beyond Time; like to the point of ripping the just audio onto a CD to listen to in the car. But it occurred to me that I'd never actually seen the original so I looked it up for shits and giggles… and ended up really adoring it both ironically AND unironically >3> And somehow this is what I got out of it.
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