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What if....?
But, what if....
...Alabama beats Auburn? Barring other upsets, Alabama is likely to play for the title too, but it's not a sure thing. Voters could get to December 4th and decide they don't want a rematch and/or do want to reward a conference champion. Is that likely? It wouldn't seem so, and the only team I could imagine voters going for otherwise would be current human poll No. 6 Oklahoma State. It's going to be tough for the Cowboys to catch Alabama with Virginia Tech and Stanford ahead of them in the polls though.
...Arkansas beats LSU? Well, assuming Alabama beats Auburn also, the SEC West falls into a three-way tiebreaker, which in this case, would be decided by BCS standings and head-to-head. The lowest-rated team of the three in this coming Sunday's rankings would be eliminated, and then head-to-head between the other two would decide it.
So, traditional voting patterns would indicate LSU would drop to third (he who loses last, loses worst). That would give Alabama the division crown. You could also make a case for ordering them Arkansas, LSU, Alabama (they beat each other, of course, but Bama's win came at home, while the others won on the road). That would give Arkansas the West title. I can't imagine Arkansas winning and still being third, but if that happened, LSU is still the West champion.
In any event, whichever team won would play for the BCS title as a 12-1 SEC champion. That team's opponent is more uncertain, but it could be one of its divison foes, or again, Oklahoma State.
...Georgia wins the SEC? I don't think it's a difficult concept to accept that the top two teams in the country could be in the same conference. But, if that is truly the case, don't you think one of them could manage to win the league?
If the Bulldogs pull it off, expect them to shoot way up the rankings. They might end up even being the top rated SEC team in the human polls (assuming they beat Georgia Tech this week). In 2001, two-loss, Big 12 champion Colorado finished ahead of one-loss Nebraska in the polls, but NU ended up in the BCS title game anyway because the polls were only 25% of the formula back then.
In any event, this is the best case scenario for an Oklahoma State or Virginia Tech (if the voters still love them) to get into the title game. I doubt very seriously that we would have two non-champion SEC teams playing for the BCS title. However, if that does happen, Georgia still would get to go the Sugar Bowl as the SEC titlist. That situation is the one exception to the two-team-per-conference limit.
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Posted on: November 24, 2011 5:56 pm
What if....? BCS chaos ..likely
If Arkansas beats LSU, and Georgia beats Arkansas, I don't believe the voters will allow an Alabama-LSU rematch. How fair would it be for LSU to have to beat Alabama twice JUST TO WIN THE TITLE. LSU would win the 1st and lose the 2nd yet Alabama would get the title? Remember, the coaches poll must declare the THE WINNER OF THE TITLE GAME THE CHAMPION. However, the AP poll does not have to crown the winner of that game the champion. Hence, a split Championship is a high possibility. You gotta love the crazy things that can happen on any give Saturday. The computer rankings is footballs version of the RPI. It is who you defeat and who your opponents defeat, not necessarily who you lose too. That is why you have 8 Big 12 teams vs 5 for the SEC ranked in the Top 20 Sagarin ratings (BCS rankings-uses the ELO Chess). A 9th team from The Big 12, Texas Tech, has lost every game since the OU win, yet they are still ranked #30. All of this should make an exciting finish to "The Greatness that is College Football." For the record, I do like Arkansas to beat LSU tomorrow, Notre Dame to beat Stanford, Tulsa to beat Houston, Alabama over Auburn, and Oklahoma to beat the OSU next weekend.
Since: Sep 12, 2007
Posted on: November 24, 2011 5:04 pm
What if....?
That was meant for Okaces
Since: Sep 12, 2007
Posted on: November 24, 2011 5:01 pm
What if....?
What an ignorant, redneck comment.
Since: Oct 14, 2011
Posted on: November 24, 2011 2:25 pm
What if....?
Hog Authority, why don't we just give all SEC teams an automatic bowl bid before the season< after all they all play bin the super tough SEC, so even Ole Miss and Tennessee surely deserve a bowl game, oh forgot mighty Kentucky too!@okaces,
It is clear why you are still a rookie. I will go easy on you because it is the will of CBSSports.com to make the newbies cry. I realize this may be hard to follow for most in non SEC Schools, but automatic bowl bids is not the desire of SEC schools. It is the prestigious SEC Championship and the National Championships. The SEC West Crown is special double bonus for Western Schools. Highlighting the woes of the three SEC schools that are currently on the bottom is a kin to dissing the sitting president because your local state rep of the same party had some issues. How many teams can say they had to play #1 LSU, #2, Bama, #3 Arkansas, #15 Auburn in their their conference divison!!! Answer Ole Miss & Miss State. You did not declare your allegiance; but the 3 schools you wish to diss on may just take your school to the woodshed?
Ask your self why is there no playoff system? Well the answer is not because the SEC wishes to veto it. So that means that OTHER schools / conferences do not want. i.e Big 10 and freaking PAC 12 because of there precious little who gives a damn Rose Bowl. Hell the Bevo League do not even want Championship game anymore.
So in short Mr. Rookie okaces; just try to read and laern and refrain from posting ignorance.
Since: Oct 20, 2011
Posted on: November 24, 2011 10:02 am
What if....?
tsavo, of course all other teams from other conferences should immediately drop their programs and the FOURTEEN SEC teams can just play each other for rankings, isee it is true that you hillbillys in Bamma can't count higher than SIX!
Since: Oct 20, 2011
Posted on: November 24, 2011 9:53 am
What if....?
Hog Authority, why don't we just give all SEC teams an automatic bowl bid before the season< after all they all play bin the super tough SEC, so even Ole Miss and Tennessee surely deserve a bowl game, oh forgot mighty Kentucky too!
Since: Oct 20, 2011
Posted on: November 24, 2011 9:48 am
What if....?
La Tech, what are you smoking man?
Since: Nov 24, 2011
Posted on: November 24, 2011 3:12 am
What if....?
After watching collage football for 50 years yea im old lol,you playoff peeps be wary of what you wish for the smaller schools play great offence and not so great defence,in heavywight football the name of the game is depth ask fla or tenn after playing ala,lsu back to back do you really think houston or boise ect could play 3 games in a row against the heavy`s of all the confrences (not a chance) they dont have the depth.Now if they have all offseason or a month to get ready for 1 game sometimes . Some of the people around the country i understand have rarely seen defences with depth so they think 50 to 49 is a great game but list the teams that have given up 40 or more points in a game that have won a title in last 50 years or ever.Havent reserched it so i might be wrong but dont remember 1.
Since: Nov 8, 2008
Posted on: November 23, 2011 8:28 pm
What if....?
And they scored how many of you?
Since: Nov 23, 2011
Posted on: November 23, 2011 5:15 pm
What if....?
Wow LSU is on a roll as well..beating Ole Sis and Hilltopper Kentucky along with a narrow escape with Bama (6pts??) Heck even early on in our season on a bad day we scored 14pts. on them! Talk is cheap though..Tiger realists know we own you and we are going to expose that overrated D of yours.. "best ever" please.. LSU has not gone up against an offense the likes of Arkansas. Tyler Wilson hangs in the pocket like Tom Brady and without question has the most explosive receiver's in the nation. Coach Miles said he is already looking past this game...good because we have alot to play for...RIP Garrett, this one's for you!


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Nice! I think I'm going to use the "cool story bro" slow clap from now on
Tossing a cat.. that's my favorite one.
i usually just smile, wave and say hi like i know them- they usually get pretty confused.
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I will be using the "tail light is out" and getting a song stuck in their head from now...
"love me, love me...say that you love me
fool me, fool me. go.on. and fool me."
Oh come on, "This is the song that never ends
yes, it goes on and on my friends,
some people started singing it not know what it was
but they'll continue singing it forever just because
this is the song that never ends..."
You don't **** with me or I'll get the lambchop song stuck in your head forever
that or moobs ftmfw
sqrl moobs ftw
I like the slow clap. Many red light racers get it
I tend to do the smile and wave. It's like mental judo.
It's probably a good thing that they are generally going too fast for me to yell anything they'd be able to hear and understand.
moobs or GTFO
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yeah thats the problem, thinking, it is a quality that comes very unnaturally to certain sections of the motoring community... namely new drivers, most women, taxi drivers, bus drivers, old people etc
i find the friendly wave back with a smile on your face (especially as you pass them in traffic ) to be the best option
I'm not even just talking about the "motoring community". I'm talking about humans in general.
There have been times when I've flown off the handle in the past but I try my hardest just to ignore people these days. Yell and honk at me all you want. What's that? Get on the sidewalk? Yeah, yeah...whatever you say.
Riding a bike is something I find too enjoyable to be pissed all the time while I'm doing it.
Glad to see this thread. On my ride home last night, a drunk passenger yelled, "Hey f***hole, get a car, you p***y."
All I could think was that he's a coward and bigger wimp than me. It was 25F and raining. He took shelter in a car. I took on mother nature.
Go bike yourself.
Where is the "throw your water bottle" panel?
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today I had some spare time for coloring my skethces. I love to draw. why I don't have enought time for that? ; __ ;
(I'd love to have a t-shirt with this print...hm. yea. I know what I want for Christmas.)
(I'd love to have a t-shirt with this print...hm. yea. I know what I want for Christmas.)
I find this funny as hell...I see her as a sardonic character in a series
I love it!
wooo pastel goth ;o; <3
How do you colour your sketches? I mean, they're so fucking awesome! o_o
it's so pretty u v u
this ended up on my tumblr scroll, had to reblog it, I would recognise your style anywhere! Love your art <3
You should make shirts. I would buy so many. Probably too many, but whatever.
This is amazing.
Freaking LOVE THIS!
Why do I not have a shirt with this on it?
Nice job.
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You should sell some shirts with this print! I love it! Maybe on a black shirt??
awesome coloring<3
Heh, you don't look too happy about it though.
love love love... i love this piece so much
I see unicorns xD
bosz to jest cudne♥ uwielbiam twoj styl jest taki orginalny i genialny!
haha so different, lol love it bro
LOVE. I'd like a t-shirt too, please.
Oh gosh, this is amazing! <3
Cudo <3 I tak jakoś tematycznie, bo wczoraj były targi alternatywne w W-wie :3
me too...
uuh that would be a hell awesome design!! actually i would love all your art on shirts!! xD your art is so freaking badass ^^
usta <3 mnie nigdy takie dobrze nie wychodzą.
A na koszulce będzie wyglądać bosko, tylko żeby dobrej jakości nadruk był!
A na koszulce będzie wyglądać bosko, tylko żeby dobrej jakości nadruk był!
I want that as a tshirt with that too as i do see unicorns haha
Love it!!!
yes, unicorns are so very pretty. uwu
Aaahh! Too much awesomeness!!*'0'*
Lol same! Barely any time to draw! UvU
Lol same! Barely any time to draw! UvU
nice mood on her expression
nice mood on her expression
I see unicorns...
i'd buy it. i'd buy them all.
you should definitely find a way to put your artwork on shirts. I would wear them until they become a pile of threads!
i would wear the shit out of this if it was on a tshirt. your artwork is so incredibly expressive and inspiring. love!
I have not drawn people in so long this makes me want to draw again.
i have a unicorn he is so adorable , her name is Leito
Awesome!! I love the pastel goth elements! <3
So beautiful O_O
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Dangit you're soo good! *worships you*
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I had this again today, and while I love the flavor, it stands as a great lesson in understanding great tea.
Compared to the golden fleece, the flavor here is certainly comparable. Maybe even better, depending on which notes you prefer.
But flavor isn't everything and in every other way, the golden fleece shines far and away superior. More complex mouth feel and texture and length of finish and all those things we forget until they aren't there.
I have to confess that, lately, the early steepings of sheng have been very overwhelming for me. I find myself kind of wincing through them to get to the more accessible steepings that come later.
This seems like the wrong attitude to have when enjoying a 2004.
That being said. This liqueur actually seems to mellow just by allowing it to rest in the cup for a few moments.
The resinous tang of rosemary is here, and there are suggestions of softer, warmer things to come in later steeps (I'm on #3 now).
I am hesitant to rate this tea until I've prepared it on more than one occasion. I find the more tea I drink, the less comfortable I get with the whole numeric system idea.
I'm always amazed at green teas that are so sharply, deeply, assertively vegetal as wet leaf but which produce thick, soft cups.
This is one of those teas.
Suger snap peas. Fresh from a garden, not the store. Maybe just a bit over-ripe, a bit of the sugar has gone bitter, but that's what makes them nutritious, right?
The color of this liqueur is fantastic in my pale green gaiwan with the emerald koi around the edges.
The wet leaf here actually has a very similar aroma to the golden fleece, but sharper. You know this is going to be black tea, not red.
My wife just handed me a square of Theo 70% chocolate with orange and I'm trying to get that off my palate more thoroughly before I start insisting that this tea has notes of bitter cacoa and orange zest ;-)
That being said, the two pair remarkably well. This tea lacks the long, lingering sweetness of the dian hong, but it has a thick mouth feel and does linger, although not nearly as long.
This is a truly excellent black tea. Something like a fig reduction over lamb — a risk, too easily off the rails but so fantastic if the balance is just right.
I suspect this is a tea that can very easily be mis-steeped.
I think the best thing I can do is compare this with the Yunnan Rare Grade leaf distributed by Upton Teas that I've been drinking for the past few months.
Everything about that tea is huge and bold and fruity sweetness.
By contrast, the golden fleece is more refined. Yes, the dry leaf aroma is big, and I've already waxed very poetic about the wet leaf. But at the same time, the actual notes themselves aren't as … sticky.
Instead of syrupy sweet roasted fruit, this is more of the kind of caramel scents you get off a toasted bread that awakens the sugars in the bread or fresh baked honey top bread.
Molasses instead of honey.
The cup is also more refined. There is no astringency whatsoever. But rather than this making the cup sweeter, it somehow stretches that sweetness out rather than over the course of 5 to 20 seconds, more like 5 to 20 minutes. The flavors from the cup have been rolling around my mouth all morning even though I'm only on my fifth steeping after about two and a half hours.
Unlike other Yunnan gold, this tea retains more of the kind of roasted, toasted flavor one gets from the leaf into the cup. But again, very subtle.
The key with this tea really is the way it lingers. Be sure to only drink this when you have the time to let it stay with you and to be present with it.
Nice review Jim. Upton's Rare Grade has on my list. Now I have two Yunnans on my list! Roughly, what are your steep times? :))
They are actually shorter than indicated on the reviews because Steepster only goes down to 15 seconds.
I'm doing traditional gongfu style steeping here, utilizing two identically sized gaiwan. I put the dry leaf in one, pour in the water, lid it up, and then strain it into the other which is the one I drink from.
My first few steeps are essentially as quickly as I can get the thing lidded up and poured without rushing or spilling. Maybe 3 to 5 seconds. Once I notice that the water does not look like a full steep the instant I'm done pouring it I'll start counting. By the 10th steep or so I'm usually up to about 15 seconds. With pu-er, when I know I can go well past 10 steeps I'll eventually steep for 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes… that's usually the limit.
I tend to think of the steep times a bit like an exponential curve. Starting out very small with very little change in between each but rapidly expanding to longer times and bigger deltas.
OK…….Thank you! WHat size are your gaiwans, and how full with the leaf? Have you ever used a Yixing pot for such quality Yunnans? I've also seen Yixing Gaiwans.
I have an Yixing Gaiwan that I use exclusively for Puerh. Love it. Has a handle which makes it easier for a klutz like me.
My gaiwan are something like 4 ounces. As I said on the first review of this leaf I followed David's instruction in the video he posted and used one gram of leaf per ounce of water — or 4 grams in this case.
I have not yet begun to invest in yixing because we have been embarking on a host of home improvement projects and the budget simply has not allowed for it. Also, I want to get a suite of them, all matching, but also quite plain in style, and that seems to be hard to find in high quality. Also, identifying high quality online is difficult, and finding plain styles in retail shops is also difficult. So, as yet, I have not purchased any.
"Someday" I hope to have a yixing for sheng, shu, dian hong, lapsang souchong and da hong pao. But that's something like $250 investment at a minimum right there, so it has to wait.
Jim- your explanation of steep times like an exponential curve is excellent. I often find myself struggling to explain the method to others and you've put it so well. I hope you don't mind if I quote you on it from time to time.
Very excited to taste the Golden Fleece carefully myself. Thanks for these reviews!
I guess I'll be the first civilian foolish enough to talk about this tea.
As soon as you unseal the bag and get that heady aroma that's been trapped in there, you know you're in for something different.
I actually got out a kitchen scale, weighed my gaiwan, and then weighed in David's recommended gram of leaf per fluid ounce of the vessel.
Uncharacteristic of myself, I even gave the leaves a rinse so that I could ensure the first steeping I drank came off "awake" leaves.
The aroma off the wet leaves will leave you speechless. It is like that sensation you get when you walk into a humidor. I don't mean the tea smells like cigars, although, to some extent I think perhaps it does, what I mean is that there is a particular physical sensation that goes beyond smell, when you walk into the damp, close, still, thickly scented air of a humidor. And smelling this tea leaf once wet, is like that.
With the first steep I understand what Geoffrey and David have been describing in terms of texture. Drinking this tea reminds me of the sensation one gets in the mouth after engaging in wuji qigong for the better part of an hour. There is at the same time a thickness of the mouth but your mouth is watering at the same time. I've now been typing, and taking a conference call, and haven't sipped the tea for perhaps ten minutes and my sinuses are still registering all the aromas and tingling sensations and my mouth is still watering and thick.
I can actually feel the small heavenly circle flowing rapidly and if I were to stand up and correct my posture, I suspect the grand heavenly circle would open up almost immediately.
My ears are ringing.
I actually need to wait a few steeps to even begin using adjectives to describe the aromas off the leaf or the cup or the flavors from the liqueur. Neither my mouth nor my brain are entirely awake right now and I know that strictly speaking neither is this tea. So, expect a follow up later today with all kinds of pretentious wine tasting words in it.
I'm cheating, I really have nothing new to say about this tea, but I just received my box from Verdant which includes GOLDEN FLEECE. When I saw the lengthy, lamenting review that all the original leaf was sold out I was kind of crushed and annoyed. Why write such a review for a tea no one can ever have? I know it wasn't the intent to rub our noses in it, but my ego wanted to take it that way. So, imagine my shock when David did a YouTube tutorial on how to steep this tea! Are they really this cruel I wondered?
So I went and checked the site and lo and behold, they have it in stock! Of course, I immediately ordered some, and now it has arrived.
But I already was steeping my yunnan gold when the box arrived, so a proper tasting will have to wait.
I felt the same way with the first batch. I found the tea two hours after it had sold out, and was just a little bit crushed. Mine just came in the mail today, but I didn't get it until 5 because of my internship. I eagerly await your review, since I will not be able to really drink, carefully taste, and review anything until Friday.
In a recent video with a sheng pu-erh, David of Verdant Teas recommended using less leaf with a sheng than one would use with other teas. This surprised me. Most everyone, especially the hard core yixing people, are all about cramming as much leaf into the pot as they can.
So, I decided to try this leaf again using about half of what I'd been using in the past.
I am now wishing I had my order from Verdant back so I could steep the Farmer's Coop sheng this way instead of how I did.
Steeped this way, most people wouldn't find, at least this particular, sheng tea all that unusual. Most of the notes here are similar to lighter black teas, oolongs or Darjeeling type teas. Almost all the wooly, wild, sharp notes I tend to associate with sheng are gone.
I'm sad that I'm still the only one drinking this tea (apparently).
This truly is a fantastic set of leaves.
If you have any interest in Darjeeling and have never had a first flush, try this one.
After a weekend of excessively rich meals (Teala's seafood enchiladas, Backstreet Cafe's lamb chops, Hugo's Mexican brunch…) with the in-laws I feel in desperate need to get back to basics. This calls for many cups of pu-erh.
As much as I know about, appreciate in, and enjoy partaking of fine foods, I have to say that as I age, I find myself more interested in knowing about them and talking about them and less interested in actually eating them. Indulging leaves me feeling at the same time soft and stiff.
Many cups of shu will get me back to feeling firm and limber in a day or two.


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As you may have heard, Star Wars: The Old Republic recently added same-sex relationships with its Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion. The thing is, you can only engage in said same-sex relationships on one particular planet, which is one of the parts of the free-to-play MMO that you actually have to pay for, and which is only available to higher-level characters. Also, they're not actual partners/companions, but just people you can flirt with, apparently.
With so many games offering up so many choices as far as customizing and developing your character, this seems like quite a step in the wrong direction. But since I don't play MMO's, particularly SWTOR, I'm not sure I'm really the right person to opine on this issue. However, our very own Dryden wrote a well-reasoned piece for Pixels Or Death that I think pretty much says it all.
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Maybe OWEbama should have been 'talking' to both sides trying to negotiate a compromise before 11:30 pm last night instead of weeks of campaigning and golfing (even with Harry Reid day before yesterday while he was making yet another of his NO standoffs in the senate). The puppet in the whitehouse continues to play the American people.
The puppets legacy will not be healthcare. It will be that of an unsuccessful president. Just because he is The President does not make him a leader.
The Republican put Americans out of work last knight.We need term limits, term limits are our only salvation that will make our parties be responsible. Currently they don't can, the layoff doesn't effect them. They are self serving and self governing.
... Furthermore, don't worry about the cost. The $300 billion/mo government spending is coming from the magic money tree and the tree is very healthy. I watered it just last month with $147 billion (charged to the big goverment credit card). Everything is just fine. It's those GOP golphers tearing up the garden but, with your help, we can get rid of them!
@10:37 - If you really think the GOP owns this alone, then you also must still beleive that you can keep your doctor and health plan and that Obama's $17 trillion in debt is great at double an amount he routinely called unpatriotic, irresponsible.
Everybody who is upset that the Senate didn't negotiate with the House on the budget in absolutely right. Myself, I'm deeply disappointed the Senate didn't even attempt to negotiate with the House.
The Senate should have also established a set of preconditions to fund the government--I would have started with reinstitiuting the Assault Weapons Ban, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, and deletion of the cuts from the sequester--as my preconditions and refused to approve any funding until the House was willing to accept conditions in these areas that met the objectives that the Democrats had not been able to achieve through the normal legislative process. After all, if it's appropriate to demand such conditions prior to accomplishing the basic functions of government both sides should be able to play in the same sandbox.
I think the House needs to go back and say that the ORIGINAL OBAMACARE bill needs to be implemented. NO Presidential exemptions, NO delay in the Employer Mandate, etc. I am sick of hearing that "Republicans refuse to accept the bill that passeda and was heard by the Supreme Court" The president has made unilateral changes, but now says that noone else can make changes. IMPLEMENT the ENTIRE Law as written, or delay the whole thing if it is not ready.
Wow, the WSJ is sure breathlessly reporting this "crisis."
Without all the bold faced headlines, I suspect Americans would forget about this in a day or two. Look at the Social Security Administration's website -- they're open for business like always.
Perhaps Americans should realize the budget battle is about power and not budget. Power corrupts and absolutely corrupts as in this instance. Democrats want to show the Republicans have nothing and Republicans are fighting for their existence and feel they are in the fight for the people who elected them just as the democrats. In the end America loses either way in death by spending or by total government takeover of all things citizens believe they have a voice.
The only thing that needs to be shut down is Obama's constant campaign mode. Interesting that he didn't find it necessary to shut down his tools helping hm get tis entirely gratitous "message" out. But, my fellow Americans,you elected him, so YOU live with him!
We should not stop at Obamacare. We should demand the President's resignation and appointment of Ted Cruz as President as a condition of opening the government and raising the debt ceiling as such are the demands of real Americans.
let me try to get this straight... tea baggers are upset that obama, who is the worst president ever and trying to destroy the country, has been spending too much time NOT actively destroying the country ... er, wait
stupid or liar?
yeah how dare obama try to insist congress pay for legislation that was passed by congress 3 years ago. what an arrogant dictator
duh liberaltard. why would you think its okay to extort your policy wishlist during budget negotiations?
@Obama's constant campaign mode
Obama doesn't have the Constitutional authority to tell Congress to do anything. Congress can pass and unpass/not fund anything they want. The President has to act within the scope of what Congress has given him. Congress is under no obligation to provide funding for anything regardless of what may or may not have previously transpired.
ahahahahahahaha. tea baggers are clueless
yeah but hes a failed leader for not telling congress to do anything... er, wait
It is a very sad day when the world's leading country chooses to shut down its own government. Please recognize it was a choice. A choice based on lack of leadership and lack of commitment to do what is right. It is time to put the small, short sighted agendas aside and focus on the big picture- fixing Washington DC. This country needs more effective leadership in all areas - The Senate, The House and the Oval Office.
Statement at 12:25?
We already know what to expect: blame and lies.
The Tea Party minority in the House of Representatives bears the responsibility for this situation. I will never vote for a Republican ever again.
I have a wife and three kids two car payments and a mortgage with other bills. Who will pay those now if I am not getting paid to be at work now?
Most of them, anyway. The Democrats are fools trying to bankrupt the country without having a clue that is what they are doing. But they represent the people who vote for them.
he spends more time spinning than negotiating with the opposition.
I could not beleive this letter when I read it. If I was a civil servant, I would not have found much comfort in a letter, ostensibly written to console me, but actually used as a stage for partisan blame. As they used to say on the Fat Albert show, this letter is "like a teacher on vacation...no class."
obama u realy need to look outside of ur "world" and help us who are less fortunate than u r. We need medical ins. for our children and even the parents! I have a major surjery that i have to get, but because of your "BS "plan it will be inpossible!!! So who will take care of my kids when and if i die because i cannot afford your "care"?!?! You have made ur "dream" our nightmare!!! You have spent a million$ on your vacationa and i cant even afford some weeks a $100 for groceries...You should vomit at that!!!! U r the WORST president that ever was voted on ,but because of the nationality yes you did win :(((( You are wasting our good earned taax $ on vacations, pets, and other junk we cant even simply afforf to go to a walk in clinic! U suck!!!!
How you got voted in is by population and they dont even know what they are voting for they just see a black guy running for somthing then they vote......ALL wrong we are unfortunatly out populated because of LACK in the border patrol, but why would you care it's all about "you"! ps tell your wife she needs to dress appropiatly for all and every event not like she came out of the HOOD!!!!!!
By the way obama if u want a war go in it youself not just kick back on a "real" presidents" chair with there feet up on the desk...for real ur life ISN'T that hard!!!! or better yet send some of ur family and children to go fight for us!! You only want to make a name for yourself "which isn't much" to go fight your BS!! Send our troops home and u AWAY!!!!!!
And by the way that is MY FREDOOM of speech!!!! so are you gonna try to take that away from me too? The HOUSE of congress needs to make the decissions NOT YOU!!!! You have made alot !! of bad choices in this war and I hope you are ready to back it up without it effecting our US citizens. I wish U get impeached!! We can't afford grogeries but you can get a "mutt" sent to you for "$7,000 or so.........I hope you enjoy your last term of being a "president" unless you change your ways and help those who REALLY need it! ps... YOU SUCK!!!!!!
I think that it is fascinating that the constitution say that the houses have the right to send a proposal and if the president sends it back unsigned they have to re.write it and send it to the Senate. if 2 thirds of Both houses pass the vote then it shall be made law. On a second note. The law passed 3 years ago cannot be undone so if the new budget effects that law it should not be signed of by The President. Instead they have to send a proposal to remove that law and what reasons then if unsigned by The President they can do a majority vote in both houses to remove the law itself. I agree that it should be possible to push the deadline on the implementations of the law as needed to be able to make a new budget. But Obama is the President and he is voted in by the people of the United States Of America, and so is the Senate and the Houses so what is happening now is that one part of the government is preventing something and holding the country hostage in order to coheres the President and the Senate to agree with their goals. To me this looks wrong if the budget wont be passed without Obama-care then that means that the budget will have to have the Obama-care because that is how Democracy works.
I hope it resolves itself soon or that maybe the people demamnd a public vote to take place. since the Government cannot prevent a Public Poll to take place.
As a government employee of 30+ year having to suffer two shut downs one furlough and three plus year of no pay raise I feel that the people who dictate our fate have no compassion because they do not feel the loss of money, because they have money coming in. If there assets were frozen and they had no money coming in and there family was put under stress like mine maybe they would understand what IT LIKE TO LIVE PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK LIKE MOST AVARAGE PEOPLE.
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Bicycles have been used for disaster relief in other cities. After Hurricane Sandy, for example, Giant Bicycle and Transportation Alternatives donated bikes to New York medical staff, who were then able to maneuver through areas that vehicles could not.
This is not the first year Seattle has used bikes in its DRT. Last year, the city's DRT featured cargo bikes and bikes towing trailers, both of which would be used to transport essential supplies in case of road closures.
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There are 8 comments on the WKYC story from Apr 27, 2011, titled Former Mich. governor pushes clean energy in Ohio. In it, WKYC reports that:
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is visiting Ohio to talk about the economic benefits of investing in clean energy.
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#1 Apr 27, 2011
She was clueless as Governor of Michigan. One of the worst ever.Big Taxer!
Green does not produce anything. Maybe she should try moving back home to Canada.
Go Away!
#2 Apr 27, 2011
is John boy going to tell her off now
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Another self proclaimed expert are ya ??
#4 Apr 27, 2011
She did a good job as governor having to deal with so many repukes in the legislature. She was not a fascist dictator like the present idiotic moron that we will be recalling. Green energy will many jobs, producing solar, battery, wind, and biofuels from quick renewables from hemp, etc. (will bring) This nation will not succeed unless we bring back our manufacturing base.
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She was a good governor . I had the pleasure to meet her a few years ago. As for clean or alternative energy, many in this country want to see it fail. They want to use every drop of oil,burn every ton of coal and suck every last cubic ft. of natural gas from the earth. The only thing wrong with this plan is that it will become so expensive in the future that no economy can survive unless they have another energy source to fall back on . It's hard to fix stupid and equally hard to win over sheer greed.
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Little dramatic, aren't you? The reason many people in this country aren't on board with clean energy is not because they want to rape the earth as you insinuate. It's because alternative sources such as wind and solar are so inferior to things such as oil and nuclear with regard to energy output.
I guarantee you that if you invent an engine tomorrow that runs off of tap water, is comparable to the energy output of a gasoline engine, and the only byproduct is water vapor, every American will be standing in line to buy one.
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You are going to have to give up your oil and coal eventually . Oil will be to expensive and coal is to dirty. Nuclear power has waste problems like coal that haven't been solved. The reason people in this country don't want to change is because change is not easy and many are ignorant of any other way to live. We have had it good for so long , people here can't imagine anything else, but they had better get accustomed to it. Many will never accept nuclear power ,especially after the fiasco in Japan. Coal will always be a dirty fuel and the ash will never find a home. The folks who like to fight change can sit in the dark.
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'Let Children Drink Alcohol in the Pub'
Byline: GRAHAM GRANT
CHILDREN should be allowed to drink alcohol in pubs, a leading academic said yesterday.
Dr Paul Skett, of Glasgow University, claimed this would help to educate them about the risks of binge-drinking.
He said that by introducing a 'Continental approach' children would be less likely to become problem drinkers in later life.
But critics attacked Dr Skett, a pharmacist, for encouraging underage drinking after recent figures showed record numbers of Scots are drinking themselves to death.
Children as young as seven are being hospitalised by excessive drinking, while each year nearly 150 youngsters under the age of 17 receive medical treatment for early signs of alcoholism.
Tom Wood, chairman of the Edinburgh Action Team on Alcohol and Drugs, said: 'Giving alcohol to a five-year-old is not a serious consideration.
'Children need to be given information so they can make quality decisions when it comes to alcohol.' Jack Law, chief executive of Alcohol Focus Scotland, said: 'If parents are introducing alcohol to their children, they must be aware children's bodies have not fully developed so offering more than a taste is not advisable. …


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Omar Infante has been scratched from Friday's game. The team doesn't feel comfortable he can throw 100 percent yet. They hope to play him Monday.
DeMarcus Cousins (back) is very unlikely to play Wednesday night in Milwaukee.
Jarvis Landry did not practice Wednesday due a knee injury.
Willie Snead practiced in full on Wednesday.
Marcus Smart (foot) has no definitive timetable for a return.
Eagles waived LB Emmanuel Acho.
Kobe Bryant did not practice on Wednesday.
Matt Bryant (right quad) was limited in practice on Wednesday.
Ladarius Green (ankle) did not practice on Wednesday.
Antonio Gates (hip) was limited in practice on Wednesday.
Danny Amendola (knee) was present at start of Wednesday's walkthrough practice, but the team listed him as a non-participant.
DeMarcus Ware (back) did not practice on Wednesday.
Nicolas Batum (stomach flu) is good to go for Wednesday night's game.
Tyreke Evans remains a game time decision for Wednesday night's game.
Steve Pimental takes an in-depth look at each position to get you ready to win your league tonight.
Ted Schuster digs into some advanced metrics, as well as some of the numbers you need know, to help you set your daily lineup for Week 12.
Mark Kaplan pours over all of the statistics, splits and matchups to uncover the very best DFS NBA players for today's contests
Brett Talley pours over all of the statistics, splits and matchups to uncover the very best DFS NHL players for today's contests
Learning the DFS NFL ropes has been good to Howard Bender, but this week he finds himself looking more like a rookie than ever. What cardinal mistake did he make?
For the first time since Week 3 of the NFL season every team will be on the field allowing you to choose from 32 quarterbacks in Week 12.
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OK, there is something to see. Iannetta to the Mariners. Lincecum hoping surgery helps. Parra still looking for a team and some numbers for fun as we approach Turkey Day.
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Elle Macpherson Flashes Engagement Ring From Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer
Elle Macpherson let her diamond ring steal the spotlight when she attended a private dinner for Barry the Dog fitness trainer in London March 26. The supermodel -- who has yet to publicly comment on her recent engagement to billionaire hotel heir Jeffrey Soffer -- proudly wore the jewelry while chatting up model David Gandy and fashion designer Melissa Odabash.
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Wearing studded leather pants and a silk blazer, the beautiful bride-to-be hit up the event without her on-again love (who resides primarily in Florida). As reported by Us Weekly and Access Hollywood March 10, Macpherson accepted Soffer's marriage proposal after rekindling their romance in late 2012.
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This will be the second marriage for Macpherson, who was married to fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon from 1986 to 1989. The Australian supermodel has two sons with ex-boyfriend Arpad Busson: Flynn, 15, and Cy, 10.
Macpherson, 49, and Soffer, 43, first began dating in 2011. When they initially split, the Australian beauty was briefly linked to financier Roger Jenkins.
This article originally appeared on Usmagazine.com: Elle Macpherson Flashes Engagement Ring From Billionaire Jeffrey Soffer
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November 28, 2015
A Republican nominee to represent the rural Texas State House District 12 will be chosen. The candidates are appearing on First News at Four this week.
Calvert lawyer and rancher Tucker Anderson finished with the most votes in May's five-person race for the newly-drawn House district. He scored just shy of 30 percent, with Kyle Kacal finishing second with 24 percent, meaning both those men headed to the July 31 runoff.
The winner will face Democrat Robert Stem of Waco in November.
Kacal grew up in Pearland, but has spent much of his life in Brazos County. In addition to owning and working his cattle ranch here, he's served on numerous boards, including the Allen Academy school board. Kacal graduated from Texas A&M, and holds a ranch management certificate from TCU. It's his first run for political office.
District 12 covers mostly rural portions of Brazos County, eastern portions of McLennan County, and all of Robertson, Falls and Limestone Counties.
Monday on First News at Four, Anderson was live in studio to discuss his campaign and his platform.
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Rihanna Kicked Out of Abu Dhabi Mosque, Doesn't Seem to Care
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Rihanna — who isn't known for being overly considerate of others (including her own fans) — pushed the boundaries again. This time, however, authorities pushed back.
The pop princess was asked to leave Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque complex on Friday when she attempted to pose for an unauthorized photo shoot at the place of worship.
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Posing in a black jumpsuit with a wrap that covered her head, the star still managed to look rather sultry as she stared into the camera, caressed her hips, and even rolled around on the floor a little. She completed her look with a giant gold necklace and bright red lips that were positioned in a bedroom pout.
Staff reportedly spotted her and requested that she leave the compound because her actions were considered to not be in line with the "sanctity" of the site. And while RiRi wasted no time tossing up the pics on Instagram, the mosque publicly addressed the situation as well, releasing a statement to explain its position — not that it needed much explanation.
"In the event of behavior that violates the moral codes of access to the mosque, or other visit regulations — such as taking inappropriate pictures, posing in ways that are improper in the context of sacred place, talking loudly, or eating — the violators are directed in a polite manner that reflects the civilizational and tolerant attributes of Islam."
According to the authorities, Rihanna showed up "for a private visit to the mosque, at a gate that is not reserved for visitors, without prior coordination with the Centre's management and without identifying herself." It does concede, however, that the 25-year-old star did leave "without entering the mosque, after being asked to do so." So … that's good at least.
Still, the tide may be turning against the self-described bad girl, as even fans seem to be getting fed up with her diva behavior. Just two days after the mosque incident, Rihanna's performance in Johannesburg, South Africa, proved to be pretty disastrous.
The city's biggest newspaper, The Star, ran an article on its front page called Ri-Ri Rip-Off slamming the singer for her "obvious" lip-synching and calling the show "below par."


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"In the field of PSYOP ... consequences ... you become numb. That's the real, the serious danger, because the thing that is divine in the human soul is the ability to apprehend, and to desire, and to affirm, the Good. If we lose this, we are nothing."
I continue to be surprised at the genius of it all. They can do whatever they want, paint it in whatever stroke they chose and in the end we (as a collective) buy it. In fact, not only that but you have Shills who will profess the innocence of an obviously guilty government. Worse yet, many others will fall for it.


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Russia's Mail.ru Surges 30% After $912 Million IPO
Mail.ru Group Ltd., a Russian investor in Facebook Inc., surged 30 percent in London trading after raising $912 million in the city's biggest initial public offering since July.
The operator of Russian social-networking sites and online game platforms climbed $8.30 to $36 today. The Moscow-based company and its existing shareholders sold 32.9 million global depositary receipts at $27.70 each, the top end of the $23.70 to $27.70 offering range, according to a Regulatory News Service statement. Mail.ru had orders for 20 times the shares available in the IPO, said two people familiar with the transaction, who declined to be named because the information isn't public.
The IPO was the biggest in the U.K. since Nathaniel Rothschild's mining fund, Vallar Plc, raised $1 billion in July. The offering from Mail.ru, partly owned by billionaire Alisher Usmanov and South Africa's Naspers Ltd., came after share sales by emerging-market companies attracted more money than industrialized nations for the first time in at least a decade last quarter.
"Mail.ru is an interesting story with the Facebook factor, plus that it's a very good asset by itself," said Ivo Kovachev, a senior emerging-markets money manager in London at JO Hambro Capital Management Ltd., which oversees about $6.3 billion. "It's not surprising to see people buy into emerging-market IPOs and this trend will probably continue."
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The company sold $84 million of shares while its existing shareholders reaped $828 million, according to the statement. They may raise a further $91 million selling shares in the over-allotment option, given sufficient demand for the stock.
A London-based spokesman for Mail.ru declined to comment on how many times the IPO was oversubscribed. The company will use the primary proceeds to partly fund the acquisition of an additional stake in vKontakte, a Russian social network service.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley of New York and Russia's VTB Capital arranged the IPO.
Mail.ru owns 2.4 percent of Palo Alto, California-based Facebook, the world's largest social networking service, according to an Oct. 11 statement. Mail.ru also has a 5.1 percent stake in Chicago-based Groupon Inc., the Daily Deal website with 20 million subscribers, and 1.5 percent of Zynga Game Network Inc. in San Francisco, the maker of the "FarmVille" and "FrontierVille" games.
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Revenue at Mail.ru may increase 51 percent this year to $301 million, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization are likely to rise 70 percent to $104 million, analysts at Goldman Sachs said in a note last month.
Companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index's 21 countries raised $141 billion through IPOs and additional sales last quarter, more than double the amount in industrialized countries, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Coal India Ltd., the world's largest coal producer, yesterday surged 40 percent on its first trading day after investors bid for 15 times the shares sold in the country's largest IPO. India's government raised 152 billion rupees ($3.4 billion) last month selling a 10 percent stake in the company.


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Style of music and recommendations for more? - Speakeasy Collective
I once was given an album called Speakeasy Collective, here. I can't find more. [more inside]
Crime novels like The City and the City
I think China Mieville's The City and the City does a great job of taking a familiar detective/murder mystery premise and twisting in a very unfamiliar conceptual or sci-fi way. What are other books or short stories that do the same -- tell a familiar crime story but with a big genre/conceptual twist?
I Am Taggart: A Memoir by Jason Nesmith
Lots of genre TV stars have written memoirs, but do any of them go into detail about life on the convention circuit? [more inside]
Movies that are perfect examples of their genre
After reading so many people say that Die Hard is a perfect (or at least near-perfect) action movie, I've wanted to watch other films that are considered perfect executions of their particular genre. What are the films you consider "perfect"? I'd love it if you could tell me why you or someone else considers them so, but if you can't do that I'm not really fussed.
That's so metal. What? What is so metal?
So what are the cool kids listening to? What groups and subgenres should I know about? [more inside]
More music recommendations sought - what music are you passionate about?
I find that I tend to like new music most when someone explains to me why it's interesting and important. That is, I'm more likely to enjoy [random genre for which I have a narrative] than [more music like what I already enjoy, but without a narrative]. And most of my favorite music is stuff that was shared with me by someone who really, really liked it. What do you really, really like right now? And why? [more inside]
The American SF "Canon"
For an upcoming project I'm putting together what's meant to be a comprehensive timeline of important (even "necessary") works of American science fiction since the late 19th century. [more inside]
Intro to Superhuman Studies, the Novel
I'm looking for examples of novels (or stories in other media) that fit a particular mold exemplified by Harry Potter. The basic premise is that the protagonist is living a (usually particularly unpleasant) mundane life when they are unexpectedly contacted by a representative from a secret supernatural (or otherwise fantastic) society and then.... invited to enroll in a school. [more inside]
Genre vs. Non-Genre Fiction
So, I'm starting tentatively to plunk out the first few pages of what I imagine will become a first draft of a first novel. It's aimed somewhere in the range of a very-near future, with some decidedly speculative features and technologies. No spaceships, no aliens, no dragons, no ray guns. I'd like it to be something like the novels of William Gibson and Gary Shteyngart, though I don't presume to compare the quality of what I'm working on to their works, which I truly admire. Both of those guys have published what are clearly SF novels, outside of genre SF. What are the advantages and disadvantages of attempting that, rather than selling to the SF publishing houses?
writers or english degree types: help a layman understand basic genre
My bulldog is swimming in my swimming pool. [more inside]
feed my ears, my eyes are busy
I need recommendations for TV shows, audiodramas and audiobooks that I can really sink my teeth into. I'm asking for both in the same question because I need to be able to listen to the TV and still catch most everything; this is stuff I want to have on while I'm doing stuff with my hands. I'm a fan of fantasy, science fiction, drama and snark. More information and a list of favorite things after the jump. [more inside]
Calling all DJs and Jukebox Wizards
I am looking for examples of songs that bridge genres, or help transition from one type of music to another, in the context of a fifteen-song jukebox set. Examples inside. [more inside]
I need to read some grown-up books. With unicorns, preferably.
After spending several years reading largely YA, I'd like to read some grown-up secondary world fantasy novels. Persnickety tastes below the fold. [more inside]
Rom coms where the love interest is introduced later?
The standard format for a romantic comedy has both key characters introduced very early in the script/movie -- say, in the first ten pages/minutes. I'm looking for examples of romantic comedies where one of the romantic leads is introduced later in the movie. [more inside]
There's a lot of head-tilting in this video.
How would you describe this piece of K-pop? [more inside]
More animal novels
Where can I find more "animal fiction" like this? [more inside]
Frankenstein + LSD movies
Frankenstein myths for the LSD age? I'm looking for movies that have similar themes to: Altered States, 'X' the Man with X-Ray Eyes, and Eyes of Hell (aka The Mask) [more inside]
What sort of music is "Empress March" from Beatmania IIDX16?
What genre of music would you say this song (SLYT, 0:28) is, and where can I find more like it? [more inside]
Punk songs for a folk lover?
I normally listen to bluegrass/folk/classical, but I recently found out I really love Bad Religion's "Sorrow". What other punk tracks might I enjoy? [more inside]
Oh the Horror!
What are good sources for finding out about new and forthcoming horror books? I'm not talking about anything with vampires and/or werewolves, I mean books that really inspire a sense of dread or fear.
Synonym for satisfying?
Is there a single word for finding pleasure in well done formulaic stories not because they are doing something new or even being particularly clever, but because they hit the notes well, manage the tropes, and deliver what they promise? [more inside]
Which website can I have a discussion about appropriate genre to classify music in my mp3 collection?
Is there a web-site/forum where I can have a sensible/intelligent/non-flame wars discussion about appropriate ways to classify the genre of particular music, artists, etc of my mp3 music collection? I know I can classify my music with any genre I wish, but I would like to have a discussion of our other people classify the music, for example, of Paul Robson. Is it Classical, Classical vocal, or whatever? I have looked at MusicBrainz, but that doesn't, as far as I can tell, have the genre of music. Everything but it seems.
Popular Song (Wildly Different Genre Version)
The Rework. I'm looking for examples of the self-cover in a different style, i.e. a reimagining, where the musician reinterprets their own song in a new genre. Is this a thing? [more inside]
Help me consider Ted Chiang's distinction between SF and Fantasy
Ask whether the universe of the story recognizes the existence of persons. Is this distinction between SF and Fantasy original with Ted Chiang? Can you think of any counter-examples that don't fit? [more inside]
Roman fantasy, not Medieval fantasy!
Are there any genre fantasy books with a Roman setting? [more inside]
On horror
Are there any great books about the horror film genre? [more inside]
Give your best examples of the SF/ Survivalist/ Wish Fullfillment sub-genre "libertarian engineers do everything better" or "objectivist superman saves history". More specifically ones where someone is the last man on earth/sendt back in time and constructs a free market utopia through sheer smarts and rationality ( with himself on the top of it, of course). [more inside]
What is this?
Help me identify and categorize my musical interests and expand my horizons in the process. [more inside]
"Do you mean I get ALL these great genres on just ONE compact disc?"
Can you name me some thoroughly cross-genre albums by a particular singer/band? If I ever made an album, I'd throw in a pounding hard rock song, a groovy disco number, twangy country, some crooning, new wave, a folksy Americana ballad, etc. But I'm sure this has already been done. [more inside]
Fiction writing advice for the advanced amateur.
I seem to be teetering on the edge of getting somewhere with my writing, but I'm not there yet. How can I learn to get a handle on pacing and characterization in my novels and short stories? [more inside]
Yes, I've been to TV Tropes
Point me toward movies were a rag-tag bunch of outsiders shake up this stuffy small town! I'm looking for the opposite of this question, canonical examples of the Outsiders Cause Chaos In A Small Town trope, from The Music Man to Pleasantville (Or ..The Devil's Rejects). Any genre, any peroid, just so long as a town is turned upside-down, inside-out, or gored to death.
Who are these two dancers?
Who are the two dancers preceding Cyd Charisse in the title sequence of The Silencers (1966)? (mildly NSFW) [more inside]
Help genre these artists
When people say "what kind of music do you like?" I don't have an answer to tell them. Two of may favorite albums ever are Martin Tillman's A Year In Zurich and Jeremy Soule's Morrowind soundtrack. But, I can't put my finger on what genre these albums are. Classical and Jazz are too vague. [more inside]
Country's Got Soul?
More Like This: watching Heartworn Highways, I came across Larry Jon Wilson and have been trying to run down more music that sounds like this. Can you provide some leads? [more inside]
Music remakes that could be a different song
Can you recommend music remakes into completely different genres? [more inside]
Is cutesy female singing a genre?
The Pee wee's Playhouse theme song...as performed by Cyndi Lauper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pee-wee's_Playhouse#Soundtracks)...Cyndi's voice in that, to me, harkens back to music of the 20s. Is there a name for this sort of cutesy style of female singing? Is this a genre that I can actually seek out?
Help Me Name My Band's Music!
Let's name a music that has never existed before. [more inside]
When all the guys join in singing...only they're yelling it from the back of the band
Okay what is the name of the kind of swing music where the band does call and response with the singer? Not the backup singers. The horn section. [more inside]
Suggest books that push the envelope of "self-help"?
Can you suggest books that push the envelope of "self-help"? I record books for a library-owned radio station for the blind and visually impaired. One of our genres is Self-Help. We have no shortage of the usual sort of self-help book - I've been asked to come up with something a little wider-ranging or quirky. [more inside]
I imagine it's the music that all the people from "Are You Being Served" got down to in their off hours
When I was in England I was in a bar where I heard a whole night's worth of music that sounded like "Atomic" by Blondie. Is this a genre of some kind? If so, what's it called and where do I get more? [more inside]
Are there other songs that feel/sound like Bolero and Andalucia?
Do "Andalucia" and "Bolero" fit within a specific genre of music? [more inside]
Help me avoid literature in Spanish.
No quiero literatura: I'm looking for recommendations for genre fiction in Spanish. Help me avoid being overfaced when I arrive in the library. [more inside]
what genre is the ending credit song in the generals daughter?
what genre of music is the song from the generals daughter during the credits at the end? [more inside]
Narrative schizophrenia
Trying to find stories that begin and end in totally different genres/styles. [more inside]
Does "Lost" = SF?
Is the tv show "Lost" science fiction? [more inside]
Are there successful multi-genre authors?
Are there any reasonably well-known (or even famous) writers who are truly multi-genre? [more inside]
How can I browse iPod playlists by ALBUM instead of artist or song?
How can I browse and listen to iPod playlists or genres by ALBUM instead of by artist or song title? [more inside]
What are the classics of genre fiction?
What are the classics of genre fiction? What are the best thrillers, mysteries, westerns, horror, romances, etc? [more inside]
Genre flick factory!
Has anyone ever attempted to estimate the total number of films made in Hollywood that we today consider film noir? What about other long-lived genres of the high era of the silver screen? [more inside]
In a past life I was a sylph.
How common a trope is reincarnation within the fantasy genre? [spoilers inside] [more inside]
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Dickie V gala coming up
Updated: May 1, 2009, 1:55 PM ETBy Dick Vitale | ESPN.com
I can't wait for the Dickie V gala. It is coming up on May 15 in Sarasota, Fla. My friends, we are going to raise $1 million for the Jimmy V Foundation for cancer research. It has become part of my life and I vividly remember the days at the Radisson in Bristol, sitting in Jimmy's room, the pain evident throughout his body.
It was so excruciating, and I would sit there and wonder how anyone could go through that?
I was not that close to Jimmy before he arrived at ...
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