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Below is my very unofficial list of the 50 worst #1 songs from the time period 1970-1999.
This is all for fun, so feel free to add, as I'm sure I forget one, or two, or forty, but don't be offended if I pick on a song you actually like, as this is just for fun.
Remember, these are songs that hit #1 only.
50)---"MMMBop"---Hansen---1997---This song actually went to #1 in 27 different countries and was nominated for two Grammy Awards. I'm not kidding!
49)---"Private Eyes"---Hall & Oates---1981---I don't know what was worse, the song or the video.
48)---"Crocodile Rock"---Elton John---1972---It was either this one or "Island Girl", which was also horrific.
47)---"Baby Got Back"---Sir Mix-A-Lot---1992---I lost a lot of respect for the Grammy's when this song won one in 1993. Any song that begins with "I like big butts and I cannot lie" might be fine to put on your cell as a ringtone, but it has no business winning a Grammy.
46)---"Abracadabra"---Steve Miller Band---1982---Steve Miller put out some good stuff. This was not one of them.
45)---"Physical"---Olivia Newton John---1981---Ok, I admit, I liked the video, because Olivia was freakin' hott, but the song is brutal.
44)---"Ring My Bell"---Anita Ward---1979---One of the reasons why disco died.
43)---"When A Man Loves A Woman"---1991---Michael Bolton---Another bad recording that won a Grammy.
42)---"Hello"---Lionel Richie---1984---Lionel Richie went from being one of the greatest R&B singers off all-time to being the second coming of Barry Manilow with this song.
41)---"Together Forever"---Rick Astley---1988---This was Astley's last hit. Good.
40)---"Babe"---Styx---1979---The beginning of the end for Styx as a true rock band.
39)---"Good Vibrations"----Marky Mark & The Fun Bunch---1991---The name of the group itself should be good enough to at least have one song on the list.
38)---"Ghostbusters"---Ray Parker, Jr.---1984---Who you gonna call?...lol
37)---"I'm Too Sexy"---Right Said Fred---1991---You knew this was going to be on here.
36)---"Play That Funky Music"---Wild Cherry---1976---I just never liked the song
35)---"Maneater"---Hall & Oates---1982----I can put a lot of Hall & Oates songs on here.
34)---"Shake Your Groove Thing"---Peaches & Herb---1978---I remember this one from my skating rink days.
33)---"Chicka Boom"---I apologize, as I don't know the artist are the year (1970's). I just remember "Chicka boom, chicka ahhh, don't you just love it." No, I don't.
32)---"Lost In Your Eyes"---Debbie Gibson---1989---Debbie had some bad songs, but that was her only #1.
31)---"Rock Me Gently"---Andy Kim---1974---You hear this song on that car commercial nowdays. Too bad for you.
30)---"Y.M.C.A."---Village People---1978---Seriously, it's not fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
29)---"Wild, Wild, West"---The Escape Club---1988---Yeah, it went to #1....no, I don't know how.
28)---"Hooked On A Feeling"---Blue Swede---1976---I know you like the dancing baby, but you can't like the song...can you?
27)---Opposites Attract"---Paula Abdul---1989---Damn Scat Cat
26)---"Disco Inferno"---The Trammps---19777---I admit, I liked some disco. This was not one of them.
25)---"Achy Breaky Heart"---Billy Ray Cyrus---1992---A country #1, but it has to be on here
24)---"That's What Friends Are For"---Dionne Warwick & Friends---1986---I got a cavity every time I heard this song.
23)---"Two Hearts"---Phil Collins---1989----Ok, I grew up in the 80's, so I'll have more 80's stuff on here.
24)---"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"---Rod Stewart---1978---Rod has had some great stuff and some awful stuff in his long career.
23)---"Roll With It"---Steve Winwood---1988---I never got into Winwood
22)---"Bad Medicine"---Bon Jovi---1988---Terrible lyrics
21)---"Ice Ice Baby"---Vanilla Ice---1990----Could/should be higher
20)---"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"---Starship---1987----"We Built This City" was voted the worst song of all-time by a magazine last year. This song is worse.
19)---"Hangin' Tough"---New Kids On The Block---1989---Do I have to say anything?
18)---"Get Outa My Dreams, Get Into My Car"---Billy Ocean---1988---I'm glad Billy hasn't had a hit in years.
17)---"Bad"---Michael Jackson---1987----The title says it all.
16)---"My Love"---Paul McCartney & Wings---1973---No way this song goes to #1 if McCartney's name wasn't behind it.
15)---"Macarena"---Los del Rio---1996---Any song where the dance is more popular is not good.
14)---"Do That To Me One More Time"---Captain & Tennille---1980---lol
13)---"Oh Sheila"---Ready For The World---1985---Apparently, the world wasn't ready for them.
12)---"Maniac"---Michael Sembello---1983---Only a hit because of "Flashdance"
11)---"One Sweet Day"---Mariah Carey & Boys 2 Men---1992---The biggest hit in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Are you serious?
10)---"Thank God I'm A Country Boy"---John Denver---1975---Oh dear
9)---"Billy Don't Be A Hero"---Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods---1974---People actually like this?
8)---"Justify My Love"---Madonna---1990---They banned the video. They should have banned the song too.
7)---"I'll Be Missing You"---Puff Daddy & Friends---Of all the crimes committed by a sampler, this might be the worst.
6)--"Glory Of Love"---Peter Cetera---1986---Bubble gum city
5)---"Rock On"---Michael Damian---1989---He should have stayed on the "Young & The Restless"
4)---"The One That You Love"---Air Supply---1981---I hated Air Supply
3)---"You're Having My Baby"---Paul Anka---1974---Just plain....I can't even explain how bad it is
2)---"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"---Wham!---1984---Scary that this song was so huge
1)---"Disco Duck"---Rick Dees---1974---The worst #1 hit off all-time! Can you believe htis song sold 4 million copies!?
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Aug 14 @ 11:05AM
Lionel Richie went from being one of the greatest R&B singers off all-time to being the second coming of Barry Manilow with this song.
I think I've had that exact thought.
I'm too lazy to find out if he ever had a #1 hit, but I want to add anything by Neil Diamond, to this list.
Good blog!
Aug 14 @ 11:10AM
That must have taken some research. I don't know most of those songs fortunately. But I am very specific in the genres I listen to also (classic rock, blues). Of the ones I know on the list, Achey Breaky Heart is by far the worst.
A few years ago there was a panel of experts assembled for
Rolling Stone
to come up with a list of the 50 worst rock and roll songs of all time. The worst song according to the panel was We Built this City on Rock and Roll by Jefferson Starship.
Aug 14 @ 11:29AM
33)---"Chicka Boom"---I apologize, as I don't know the artist are the year (1970's).
I believe that would be Danny Dewdrop...
Aug 14 @ 11:38AM
33)---"Chicka Boom"---I apologize, as I don't know the artist are the year (1970's). I just remember "Chicka boom, chicka ahhh, don't you just love it." No, I don't.
It was a hit for Daddy Dewdrop but I remember it being done by The Groovie Goolies (ah! didn't you love those Saturday Morning cartoons?).
I admit, I liked some disco.
If you are man enough to admit so am I. Kind of miss it...but not the Angel Flights!
Aug 14 @ 12:10PM
I like *some* of these!
(runs away to hide)
Aug 14 @ 1:12PM
I'm sure a missed a few, and don't hold me to the order. I mean, "Ice Ice Baby" should be higher.
That being said, I can't imagine a #1 being worse than "Disco Duck".
I even liked a couple of these songs growing up. But like I said, this was all for fun.
By the way, I think I changed the setting to where anyone can reply. I'm new here, so I'm learning as we go.
Aug 14 @ 1:19PM
Personally " I" think that your older songs need to be taken in the" Day" that they Were #1....not Now !!!! My 2 cents!!!
Aug 14 @ 1:26PM
I never understood why anybody would go to the effort to produce a little ditty like
"Disco Duck," tho....
You missed "Convoy" on your Top 50 list...speaking of ducks...
Aug 14 @ 1:35PM
Don't forget the interview/song things they used to do in the 70s...remember the one when Jaws came out? Please don't tell me I am the only one.
Aug 14 @ 1:41PM
No, you're not the only one; I remember "Mr. Jaws," too!
There was a similar one for the first moon landing, as well...
Aug 14 @ 1:42PM
Oh Yeah!!! I know what your talking about.
"Mr. Jaws, Mr. Jaws...." and the reporter asks the shark a question.
LOL......I don't know if that song went to #1, but that's hilarious!
Aug 14 @ 1:54PM
This means I listen to the worst songs of my growing up years?
But I agree on some of it and some I don't even know if I heared them, maybe I just didn't know the title. Greenie anyway
Aug 14 @ 4:30PM
24)---"That's What Friends Are For"---Dionne Warwick & Friends---1986---I got a cavity every time I heard this song.
23)---"Two Hearts"---Phil Collins---1989----Ok, I grew up in the 80's, so I'll have more 80's stuff on here.
24)---"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"---Rod Stewart---1978---Rod has had some great stuff and some awful stuff in his long career.
23)---"Roll With It"---Steve Winwood---1988---I never got into Winwood
You screwed up in the listing by listing 23 and 24 two times. lol
As far as most of your list goes, I can see it. But no fucking way on numbers 2, 12, 20, 23 (Two Hearts), 24 (That's what friends are for), 35, 38, 42, 45, and 46.
Giving you a kudo anyway for coming up with a good blog with a lot of peoples interest.
Btw, you should check out in one of my blogs a while back with the best top 30 songs of all time in my opinion.
Aug 14 @ 4:58PM
My Top 30 80's Songs...
After watching some VH1 this week when they counted the Top 100 1980's songs of all time and seeing some friends on here blogging about different songs I want to take time to give my top 30 1980's so...More...
8 comments | 3 kudos | 1153 views | posted Nov 5, 2006 at 5:17 PM
I finally found it. It's on my page 58 on my blogs page. But it's all 80's songs!
Aug 14 @ 5:15PM
I'm too lazy to find out if he ever had a #1 hit, but I want to add anything by Neil Diamond, to this list.
Oh Bandy.........I was so close to falling for ya..........and than you had to go and say that.........
I like some of Neil Diamond stuff...........
Aug 14 @ 5:16PM
You screwed up in the listing by listing 23 and 24 two times
Quick........go edit your title and put 52 songs..............
Aug 14 @ 5:21PM
Quick........go edit your title and put 52 songs..............
That'll work.
Aug 14 @ 6:56PM
I would have listed every Hall and Oates song.
I couldn't stand them!!!!
Oh yeah..here's a couple to add:
Final Countdown and Carrie...by Europe. I couldn't stand them either.
Aug 14 @ 10:05PM
["Play That Funky Music"---Wild Cherry---1976---]
Holy crapola.... I am embarassed to admit... I had that on 8 track!!!!!
But am pretty sure it got ate up like the rest did...and therefore chucked
out the window at some unsuspecting driver - OOPS too much info!
Excellent blog,,,,, hated all of those too! And MORE!! Kudos!
Aug 14 @ 11:51PM
Thnak gawd you had no David Cassidy on there or I might have cried.
Speaking of which...that crap that Shawn Cassidy had out (and Leif Garrett too) deserves to be on the list!
Aug 14 @ 11:55PM
Shawn Cassidy
I believe he spells his name Shaun and not Shawn
Aug 15 @ 1:05AM
Well I have to say that I like a few of them songs. One song that I have always hated is Don't Worry Be Happy.
Aug 15 @ 1:51AM
One song that I have always hated is Don't Worry Be Happy.
Oh, you're right, I hate that one too. That video really sucks!
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" The Hughes Brothers may want us to think they're giving us a few deep, quasi-spiritual ideas, but what they're really serving up is earnestly shallow, machete-and-bow-and-arrow entertainment. "
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Homer performing artist Lynne Roff presents "Creativity, Complexity and Consciousness in the Performing Arts" at 8 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Homer Council on the Arts. Her talk follows the awards presentations for the 22nd annual Kenai Peninsula Writers' Contest. A recipient of an Alaska State Counc...Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:46am
As part of an Old Town Artist in Residence, drummer Soriba Fofana and dancer Shelly Fofana visits for a month of drum and dance workshops Feb. 8 to March 8. From Guinea, West Africa, Soriba Fofana plays the djembe and dundun drums. With his partner, Shelly Fofana, they will teach the many facets of ...Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:46am
"Faked Alaska: An Evening of Improv" shows at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds, Ninilchik. Presented by Royce Roeswood, Ann Flynn and Austin Terrell of Triumvirate Theatre, the evening also features hors d'oeuvres and a light bar. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 youth and seniors....Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:45am
The Homer Council on the Arts today announced the winners of the 22nd annual Kenai Peninsula Writers Contest. Awards will be presented by writer Tom Kizzia starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Homer Council on the Arts. Selected winners will do short readings. Following the ceremony at 8 p.m. is a pres...Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:29am
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After centuries of emigration, the Celtic diaspora has fetched up on distant lands, but many still look back to their ancestral countries. It's common for people of Irish, Scottish and other Celtic cultures to reassert their roots through traditional music. But when the members of an Irish band di...Thu, 02/06/2014 - 11:20am
Creative nonfiction writer and university professor Sherry Simpson will read from her work and hold a craft talk as part of the Kachemak Bay Campus' annual Visiting Writers' Series at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the college. A book signing with books available for sale by the Homer Bookstore follows her...Thu, 01/30/2014 - 10:22am
Irish band Lúnasa performs 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Mariner Theatre. Sponsored by the Homer Council on the Arts, Lúnasa also presents musical workshops at 2 p.m. Feb. 9. Admission is $10 youth, $20 HCOA members and seniors, and $30 general admission, available at HCOA or the Homer Bookstore. Wor...Thu, 01/30/2014 - 10:22am
Homer junkyards can be notorious for the odd stuff one might find buried under blue tarps — vintage Subaru parts, wringer washing machines or a world's collection of buoys. Dig around in an artist's yard, though, and there's no telling what you can find....Thu, 01/30/2014 - 10:19am
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Beginning on Tuesday, July 27, users of Windows XP/2000 computers will begin seeing prompts for the installation of a new version of the Novell client (the software that allows access to the Memphis, Pulsar, and Nova file servers) upon logging into their computers.
There will be an option to decline the installation, but users should choose the affirmative option. (The update prompt will appear at each login until the installation option is accepted). The update will take a few minutes, after which there will be a prompt to reboot the computer. (Note: If the "Workstation Only" box is checked on your Novell login screen, clear the box for the next and all future logins).
The automatic update process is being deployed in order to ensure that all Windows XP/2000 computers have a current version of the Novell client installed to provide maximum compatibility with Novell network services. Please note that some computers that have recently had the Novell client updated by an ITS technician may already be displaying the update prompts. The automatic update process will be ongoing; update prompts will appear periodically as new versions of the Novell client are released (generally not more than once per month).
Windows 98 computers are not currently affected, but may be included in the automatic update process in the future. Macintosh computers are not affected by this process.
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As an epidemic of sexual assaults and harassments continues to surface among the ranks in each branch of the armed forces, officials are working to strengthen emphasis on zero-tolerance policies while re-establishing trust in and outside of the military structure.
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) responded to the Army's directive to tackle the issue of sexual misconduct across its military posts by conducting a media roundtable at McAuliffe Hall Thursday in the division headquarters to discuss the topic and their efforts to combat it.
"Sexual harassment and sexual assault are inconsistent with Army values and are not going to be tolerated here at Fort Campbell," said Division Senior Commander, Brig. Gen. Mark Stammer.
"We in the 101st Airborne Division take sexual misconduct very seriously and are committed to proactive approaches to addressing it -- because it's the right thing to do, and it's necessary," he said.
The roundtable was part of the Fort Campbell Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Program's week-long "Stand Up" initiative, which began Monday, June 3.
Stammer began the week by addressing all senior military leadership on the installation. He said he believes the initiative of rebuilding trust must begin to ensure a solid foundation of intolerance for sexual misconduct.
"I believe that leadership responsibility and accountability are crucial to successfully addressing the sexual misconduct issue," he said. "Most important, we need responsible leadership to change the culture of even the slightest bit of tolerance for ill-disciplined and criminal behaviors."
In addition to highlighting the importance of leadership accountability and involvement, Stammer emphasized that the community must be responsible for making victims feel comfortable coming forth with any allegations of sexual assault or harassment, without fear of jeopardized careers or personal persecution.
"I would not want to calculate the emotional toll on a male victim, female victim or categorize it in any way as different," Stammer said. "It's an egregious crime; it doesn't matter who the perpetrator is or the victim is. It doesn't matter their sex or any other affiliations. It matters that a crime was committed."
While caring for the victim, Stammer said apt punishment is crucial for those who are investigated and found guilty of sexual misconduct. This is necessary to ensure that the acts of few do not hamper the efforts of those that strive to perpetuate and exemplify the Army's core purpose, he said.
"The Army has a culture; the Army has values," Stammer said. "You're talking about a few people in an organization that are operating outside of that. Those few people, if left unchecked, can cause tremendous negative impact…a cancer if you will; a poison. It can't be tolerated in the formation."
Ultimately, Stammer said the goals at Fort Campbell will be directed toward education and prevention -- making sure that Soldiers, civilians, Family members and leaders all own their shares of responsibility in making sure the installation maintains an environment of safety and trust.
"There was an article just written by Roger Canaff that states, 'There is no vulnerability without the danger,'" Stammer said. "We're going to start at the very beginning of this thing and try to get it before it starts."
The Fort Campbell SHARP "Stand Up" initiative will continue Friday.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Gen. Ray Odierno, Army Chief of Staff, stated that sexual assault and harassment are serious problems the Army is vigorously addressing.
"We must take deliberate steps to change the environment," he said. "We must restore our people's confidence by improving our system of accountability."
Odierno said Army officials would need to do more regarding five particular points of concern:
• Prevention of sexual crimes
• Meeting each allegation of assault and harassment with necessary investigation and appropriate action
• Encouraging an environment where crimes can be reported without fear of stigmas or retaliation
• Making sure organizations, individuals and leaders know their responsibilities
• Putting a fully-engaged chain of command at the center of solutions for combating sexual assault and harassment
"We will fix this problem," Odierno stated.


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None of the six teens charged in connection with the suicide of Phoebe Prince will go to jail.
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The criminal cases against six teenagers that followed the suicide of Phoebe Prince are over.
In a second day of hearings, three more teens admitted facts to support misdemeanor offenses. They each received probation and community service. And Judge Daniel J. Swords continued each of their cases, which means that if they complete their probation successfully, they will have clean records. The serious felony charges against them were dropped.
Without a hearing, prosecutors also dropped the outstanding charge against a fourth teen, Austin Renaud, who was never accused of bullying Prince but who was indicted for statutory rape based on allegations that he had sex with Prince when she was 15 and he was 18—an accusation he has consistently denied.
The tense, at times tearful proceedings that packed a juvenile court in Hadley, Mass., began with the hearing for Sharon Chanon Velazquez, now 17. Velazquez was charged with serious felonies after reports that she participated last year in the bullying of Prince at South Hadley High School, when Prince was a 15-year-old freshman and Velazquez a sophomore. Velazquez admitted to harassing Prince. Prosecutor Steven Gagne set forth the facts agreed to by the defense and the prosecution. Early in 2010, he said, Velazquez approached Prince in a hallway at school and called her a disparaging name, loud enough for other students to hear. Then on Jan. 8, Velazquez approached Phoebe in the lunchroom, called her names again, and also aggressively and loudly told her to stay away from Flannery Mullins' boyfriend, Austin Renaud. Later that day, Gagne said, Velazquez again approached Prince, this time in her Latin class. "Velazquez berated Prince in front of other students," Gagne said, and one student witness said Prince was "physically upset." Prince told one of the vice principals at South Hadley High what had happened. When he spoke to Velazquez, she admitted confronting Phoebe in Latin class.
Flannery Mullins, now 18, admitted to disturbing a school assembly (meaning a gathering of students) and to a misdemeanor civil rights violation, although for the second offense, she largely took responsibility for Velazquez's actions. In January 2010, Gagne said, Mullins heard rumors that Renaud had had a romantic relationship with Prince. During PE class on Jan. 6, Mullins "vocally expressed frustration at this development." Prince was not present, but Mullins told one classmate that "someone ought to kick her ass." She told her gym teacher she was angry as well. These facts supported the charge of disrupting a school assembly, meaning gym class, Gagne said.
Between Jan. 8 and Jan. 10, the prosecutor continued, students heard Mullins make disparaging comments about Prince. He continued, "Velazquez was overheard telling Mullins she was willing to hit Prince or get someone else to do it," When school administrators talked to Velazquez, she said she was sticking up for her friend, "though she said Flannery hadn't told her or asked her to do anything on her behalf." Because of rumors of Mullins' anger, Gagne said, Prince skipped classes and went to the nurse's office. This interfered with her right to a public education, which constitutes a civil rights violation, according to the prosecutor.
Ashley Longe, also 18, admitted to harassing Prince as the basis for a misdemeanor offense. Gagne said that Longe yelled insulting remarks at Prince in the library of South Hadley High at lunchtime on the day of her death, Jan. 14, 2010. She also yelled at Prince in the hallway at dismissal time. When she saw Prince walking home alone, Longe threw an empty drink can at her from a car. The can did not hit Prince.
Phoebe's mother spoke in court today, as she did on Wednesday at the similar resolution of the cases of two other teens charged in connection with Prince's death. For Longe, alone among the six teens, she had kind words. "Yesterday, I met with Ashley Longe," O'Brien said. "Although I'm not dismissing how she treated Phoebe, she from the outset has been the only one to acknowledge her actions." O'Brien said she didn't want to discuss what she and Longe had talked about, but continued, "I am very satisfied that the accountability and genuine remorse we've been asking for since Jan. 14 has been offered to me by Ashley Longe."


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My new crush says he's in an "open marriage." Should I go for it?
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Dear Prudence,
I'm a 27-year-old woman who recently made friends with a nice, attractive 34-year-old man. He asked me out for drinks soon thereafter and made it clear that he's interested in a romantic relationship. He's my type, and I like him, but after our date he explained that he's in an open marriage. I have no doubt that it's a mutual agreement between him and his wife. And I'm in a situation that makes the idea especially appealing: I just got out of a two-year relationship that was sexually unsatisfying (my boyfriend rarely climaxed). It left me feeling as if there's something wrong with me. The idea of a fling with someone new, with no commitment potential and nothing to lose, seems like it could be a positive ego boost for me as I look for single, available men to date. New guy is saying: Let me be your rebound! Let's be friends with benefits! But most of my friends think it's a morally objectionable thing to do and doubt that I can get involved without getting my feelings hurt in the long run. What do you think?
—Want a Fling
Dear Fling,
I wish you'd explained why you are so certain that this guy's wife is also party to the information that they have an "open marriage." I'm assuming that he didn't text a photo of you to his wife in the middle of your date with the note, "Things are going well!" I bet if you decided to have an affair with him, it would quickly become clear your relationship is surreptitious and you would have to go along with his rules. It doesn't speak well for this this man's character (no matter what arrangement he and his wife have) that he withheld the central fact of his being married until after the seductive banter and drinks. However, I understand the appeal of a commitment-free sex romp after coming out of a sexually frustrating relationship. But before you give him the benefit of the doubt regarding his friends-with-benefits proposal, make two counterproposals of your own. One is that you two get to know each other better first. I'm guessing he won't want to invest too much time in activities unrelated to said benefits. Another is that given his history, you need to get a current STD status on him. Again, I assume he's not going to be interested in generating any paperwork in order to get in the sack with you. But even if he demonstrates he's disease free, consider that aside from the moral questions about a married man, investing your time in one does have a cost. You think you can be looking for that real partner while you are carrying on with this guy. But, as your friends have warned, you can't anticipate what happens to your emotions once you get involved with someone. If this affair gets hot and heavy, it will likely make the available men seem lukewarm and lightweight in comparison. Keep at the forefront of your mind that your goal is to find your own life partner, not borrow someone else's.
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I occasionally have to take a shower with my 3-year-old daughter in the bathroom with me. The problem is that the last couple of times she noticed that I have hair in a place that's not my head. She starting yelling "Eewww," backed away, and got extremely upset to the point of tears. Now I'm at a loss as to what to do in the future when there's no one else to watch her and I need to take a shower. I'm also worried that when she reaches puberty and begins to grow pubic hair that she will feel disgusted with herself. Hopefully by then, I'll be able to reason with her. I need advice as to how to handle this the next time. (I'm not at all interested in any solution involving total landscaping, landing strips, etc.)
—Natural Woman
Dear Natural,
Despite her obvious affinity for the industry, since you're daughter is only 3 years old she's too young to be a lobbyist for the International Brazilian Wax Society. I don't think the problem is that your daughter has seen too much, it's that she's seen too little. If your underbrush hasn't almost always been under wraps, the sight of her naked mother would not be shocking to her. I think it's good for very young children to occasionally see their parents naked—and comfortable in that state—so that they know what adult bodies look like and that their parents aren't embarrassed or ashamed. For now, when your daughter backs away from you in tears, stay calm, towel off, and reassure her that while having hair there may look funny, it's just a part of being a grown-up. At some point this summer, you might think about joining a local pool. Your daughter will learn about splashing around in the water, but her greatest instruction will probably be the eyeful she gets in the locker room. I have vivid memories of being crotch-high in such circumstances and being mesmerized by the fascinating and appalling things that lurk underneath adults' clothes. One thing this will show your daughter is that her mother is pretty normal, after all.
Dear Prudence,
My wife has a habit that I find irritating. Instead of blowing her nose, she sniffs to keep the snot in, making a loud snorting sound. This isn't usually a problem, but now that the pollen has returned, this sniffing occurs every 30 seconds throughout the day. I feel this is rude habit and it must be irritating to others at the cubicles in her office. When I mention this to her, she gets defensive and thinks that I'm rude to bring it up. Is this sniffing habit truly annoying to others, or is it just me? We need another perspective so that we don't have to resort to couples' counseling.
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Gnocchi with Spinach and Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
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2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 tablespoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 (16 ounce) container ricotta cheese
1 (10 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups heavy cream
3 tablespoons dry white wine
1 teaspoon brandy extract
1 pinch ground nutmeg to taste
2 ounces crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Method of Preparation:
- Beat eggs with 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg in a large bowl. Mix in ricotta cheese and spinach until evenly blended. Continue mixing in the flour, 1/4 cup at a time until a soft dough forms. If the dough is still sticky, add an additional 1/4 cup of flour. Cover, and place into refrigerator.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heat. Divide the gnocchi dough into 4 pieces, and roll into 1/2 inch thick ropes on a floured surface. Slice each rope into 1/2 inch pieces. Gently boil the gnocchi until they float in the water, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain in a colander, and set aside.
- Meanwhile, pour cream, wine, brandy extract, and 1 pinch of nutmeg into a saucepan. Bring to a simmer, then remove from heat and whisk in the Gorgonzola cheese; season to taste with salt and pepper. Toss the gnocchi with the Gorgonzola sauce, and serve immediately.


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Cornerstone Strategic Value Fund, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: CLM) and Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: CRF), (individually the "Fund" or, collectively, the "Funds"), each a closed-end management investment company, today announced that in keeping with each Fund's previously adopted monthly distribution policy, each Fund is declaring the following distributions.
|Record Date
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|October 15, 2009
|October 30, 2009
|November 13, 2009
|November 30, 2009
|December 15, 2009
|December 31, 2009
|October 15, 2009
|October 30, 2009
|November 13, 2009
|November 30, 2009
|December 15, 2009
|December 31, 2009
Each Fund's distribution policy provides for the resetting of the monthly distribution amount per share ("Distribution Amount") annually, based on the Fund's net asset value on the last business day of each October and the annualized Distribution Percentage approved by the Boards. For the calendar year 2009, each Board previously approved a Distribution Percentage of 21%, which was unchanged from the previous year.
Distribution Percentage for 2010
Each Board today announced that the Distribution Percentage for the calendar year 2010 will remain at 21%, which will be applied to the net asset value of each Fund as of the end of October, 2009 to determine the Distribution Amount for 2010. This percentage is unchanged from the previous three years. The Distribution Percentage is not a function of, nor is it related to, the investment return on a Fund's portfolio.
The actual data that will determine the monthly Distribution Amount for 2010 will not be known until the end of October, 2009. However, as an example, if the value of the net assets and the number of shares outstanding were the same as those on July 31, 2009, the monthly Distribution Amount for 2010 would be reset from $0.1746 per share to $0.1413 per share for CLM, and from $0.1580 per share to $0.1244 per share for CRF. The actual Distribution Amount for each Fund for 2010 may be higher or lower than those shown in the above examples.
Each Board of Directors believes that each Fund's distribution policy maintains a stable, high rate of distribution. These distributions are not tied to the Fund's investment income or capital gains and do not represent yield or investment return on the Fund's portfolio. The Distribution Amount from one calendar year to the next will increase or decrease based on the change in each Fund's net asset value and the Distribution Percentage approved by the Board for each year. The terms of each distribution policy will be reviewed and approved at least annually by the respective Board of Directors and, as always, can be modified at their discretion for the benefit of the Fund and its shareholders.
Each Fund's Board of Directors remains convinced that its shareholders are well served by a policy of regular distributions which increase liquidity and provide flexibility to individual shareholders in managing their investment. Shareholders have the option of reinvesting these distributions in additional shares of the Fund or receiving them in cash. Shareholders may consider reinvesting all or a portion of their regular distributions through their Fund's reinvestment plan. Shareholders should carefully read the description of the dividend reinvestment plan contained in each Fund's Reports to Shareholders.
Under its policy, each Fund may distribute to shareholders each month a minimum fixed percentage per year of the net asset value or market price per share of its common stock or at least a minimum fixed dollar amount per year. In determining to adopt this policy, the Board of Directors of each Fund sought to make regular monthly distributions throughout the year. Under each policy, the Fund's distributions will consist either of (1) earnings, (2) capital gains, or (3) return-of-capital, also known as paid-in-capital, or some combination of one or more of the above. A return-of-capital is the return of a portion of the investor's original investment.
Given the current economic environment and the composition of each Fund's portfolio, a substantial portion of each Fund's distributions made during this current calendar quarter may consist of a return of the investor's capital. Accordingly, these distributions should not be confused with yield or investment return on the Fund's portfolio. The final composition of the distributions for 2009 cannot be determined until after the end of the year and is subject to change depending on market conditions during the year and the magnitude of income and realized gains for the year.
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TORONTO 2000: Asian Action! Kitano,
by Jason Anderson
(indieWIRE/ 9.15.00) -- For all that is offered by Cannes favorites like
Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" and Edward Yang's
"Yi Yi (A One and a Two)" -- both of which had their North American
debuts this week in Toronto -- some look to Asian cinema for less cerebral
pleasures: namely, guns and gore.
Both were in ample supply in the North American debut of Takeshi
Kitano's "Brother," the first film by the director of "Sonatine" and
"Hana-bi (Fireworks)" to be shot in the U.S. It was selected for the
festival's Masters program, which proves that the director's cachet
among programmers has risen greatly since the days of "Violent Cop." In
the new film, Kitano plays a typically stoic yakuza gangster who is
exiled to Los Angeles. There, he quickly takes over his little brother's
multi-racial gang of small-time drug dealers -- including the yakuza's
new African-American buddy, played by Omar Epps -- and turns them into a
crime family fearsome enough to (briefly) take on the Mafia. Scenes of
brutal gunplay are again juxtaposed with the sort of broad comedy and
light-hearted sentimentality that mystified many viewers of Kitano's
last film, "Kikujiro."
The hammy acting by much of the American cast and the sense that Kitano
is struggling to rework a story that was tired even back when Brian De
Palma (never mind Howard Hawks) made "Scarface" means that
"Brother" is far from his best work, despite its many virtues.
Another eagerly awaited Asian action entry was the latest by Japanese
director Takashi Miike, "The City of Lost Souls." Finished just in time
for the festival, it had its world premiere in Toronto and was a
highlight in the Midnight Madness cult-film series, which is dominated
by Asian movies -- seven out of this year's 10 selections are from Hong
Kong, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. "The City of Lost Souls" is the
story of, as one character says, "a lunatic Brazilian and a gorgeous
Chinese girl" who leave many bullet-strewn bodies in their wake.
Best-known in Toronto for his 1997 Midnight Madness hit "Fudoh: The New
Generation," Miike is quickly becoming the most acclaimed new Asian
filmmaker. Though "The City of Lost Souls" is slightly more subdued than
his recent festival hits "Audition" and "Dead or Alive," it's still
wildly kinetic and imaginative with some brilliant setpieces, including
a cockfight in which CGI chickens face off in the acrobatic style of
"The Matrix."
Another Midnight Madness world premiere was "Time and Tide" by the
veteran Hong Kong director Tsui Hark. In the '80s and '90s, the films of
Hark, John Woo and Ringo Lam gave the Hong Kong industry its
reputation for action movie mayhem. And like Woo and Lam, Hark's career was
derailed by a Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle (the execrable "Double
Team"). But "Time and Tide" is a thrilling return to form, even though
the characterizations and plot are not strong enough for the film to
merit its two-hour running time. In "Time and Tide," a handsome but
fumbling bodyguard (played by Nicholas Tse) gets between warring crime
families but ends up on the same side as a noble mercenary (Wu Bai).
While Hark constantly manages to outdo himself for visual impact in the
long chase scenes and balletic gun battles, the story and pacing become
major casualties. That said, the subplot involving the heavily pregnant
love interests of both men culminates in the finest use of a newborn
baby as a gun-battle prop since Woo's "Hard-Boiled."
The other major Hong Kong entry was "The Mission," the latest by the
prolific Johnnie To Kei-Fung. The director does a good job of utilizing
some of Hong Kong's best character actors -- including Francis Ng and
"Time and Tide"'s Anthony Wong -- as a team of criminals assigned to
protect an aging crime boss. And whereas Tsui Hark ever more elaborately
orchestrated scenes come at the expense of story and character, To
Kei-Fung creates an uncharacteristically languid mood to accompany his
very elegant gunplay. In a Hong Kong action movie, a little restraint
can seem like a terrific innovation.
But the two biggest surprises at Midnight Madness this year were two
South Korean hits. "Tell Me Something," which its creators have tagged
as a "hard-gore thriller," out-grossing "Star Wars Episode 1: The
Phantom Menace" in South Korea, while "The Foul King" is set to become
the year's highest grossing film there. With a serial killer on the
loose on the rainy streets of Seoul, the former opens in the mode of
countless knockoffs of "Seven." Detective Cho (Han Sukgyu) is
investigating a series of murders -- the first twist is that the corpses
are found with mismatched body parts, and the second is that they're all
the ex-lovers of the same woman. Director Chang Younhyun combines
stylish visuals, copious amounts of gore and an increasingly loony
plotline, making for a highly enjoyable movie.
Banchik Wang's "The Foul King" stars Song Kangho as an
oafish bank clerk who dreams of becoming a masked wrestler. Wang and his actors
display a great knack for physical comedy in and outside of the ring, and the
fights themselves (Korean wrestling turns out to be a photogenic blend
of Mexican and WWF-style theatrics) are so hilarious that there were big
laughs even in the industry screening. "The Foul King" has the makings
for a crossover hit -- should there exist a North American distributor
brave enough to take on a wrestling picture with subtitles.
The Thai entry, "6ixtynin9," is a slow but sly black comedy in which a
young woman starts a series of bloody calamities when a box of money is
mistakenly delivered to her apartment -- it plays out like an Elmore
Leonard story, except more stoned. Far more exciting is "Wild Zero,"
which closes the Midnight Madness series on Sept. 16. Directed by Tokyo
music video director Tetsuro Takeuchi and starring the impossibly cool
rock band Guitar Wolf, "Wild Zero" is a mix of energetic rock 'n' roll
B-movie and zombie gore fest. Silly and very funny, "Wild Zero" proves
that the legacy of American International, Roger Corman and Herschell
Gordon Lewis lives on in the Far East.
[Jason Anderson writes about movies for eye Weekly in Toronto and Shift


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Traveling Seeds
By Katie Kubesh, Niki McNeil, Kimm Bellotto
In the Hands of a Child
3271 Kerlikowske Road
Coloma, MI 49038
Traveling Seeds
Project Pack by In the Hands of a Child is a unit study for the younger set (pre-K to grade 2) that teaches about the wonder of a seed and how it becomes a plant.
The unit study includes a helpful introduction, a Resource Guide that includes all the lessons, vocabulary words with definitions, additional topics for further research, related books and websites, and ideas for adapting the unit study to the needs of your child. Following this is an Activities and Instructions section that contains the information and directions for the Project Pack activities, as well as the reproducible graphics. The supplies required to do the Project Packs are very basic--a manila folder, scissors, colorful paper of variable thicknesses, glue, tape, coloring tools like markers and crayons (no paint necessary!), and a stapler.
A typical lesson would look like the following. Read aloud to your child about photosynthesis on page 11 of the Resource Guide. It's a very short two-paragraph explanation appropriate for a young child. Discuss the meaning of "chlorophyll" (found in the vocabulary section). Turn to the Activities and Instructions section of the book where you'll locate the photosynthesis activity. Ask your child, "What four things do plants use to make their own food?" (which you just read to them). Discuss the answers and then move on to the Project Pack activity (a Four-Door Booklet) and direct them to follow the simple instructions, which include folding, cutting and coloring to create a little flap book that displays those four things plants need to make their own food. This flap book is then attached to the shutter-style folder you made with the child in lesson 2.
There are 14 short lessons and activities in all. You can choose to work at your child's pace or within the time frame you desire. Once the unit study is completed, your child has made a wonderful lapbook that serves as "an instant review book, scrapbook, and a ready-made portfolio" (page 3).
It is really as simple as that. One of the great things about this unit study is that it's so flexible. You can use it as a stand-alone study, or you can incorporate it with another book or curriculum. All the information is right here--the anatomy of a plant, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, pollination, how plants grow, photosynthesis, and plant uses. And what I like most about it is that it directs the child to create a tangible, unique, and fun record of what they learned.
This unit study is a fun and engaging way to teach a young child about seeds, how they grow, and what they become. I highly recommend it!
Product review by: Dawn Peterson, The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine, LLC, August 2008
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I've been on a bit of a break from my normal jovial self due to a shit storm of bad stuff happening that I wont go into here, but hopefully this years going to be awesome. Anyway, here's the next exciting instalment in my series on MonoGame. (Well I find it exciting anyway :-) )
If you remember back to the last post I mentioned the platonic solids, and we created and rendered the tetrahedron, lets recap on what the five solids are:
- Tetrahedron (four faces)
- Cube or hexahedron (six faces)
- Octahedron (eight faces)
- Dodecahedron (twelve faces)
- Icosahedron (twenty faces)
We covered the tetrahedron in the previous post and the hexahedron is pretty humdrum so I'm not going to cover that here so lets move onto the next one the octahedron.
Creating the Octahedron
Here's a function that we will use to generate an octahedron:
module Platonic
You can see that the bulk of the code is centred around rotating a Y axis unit vector
top around the X and Y axis. All the vertices around the centre od the octahedron lie on the same plain and are simply rotated by 90 degrees in the X axis and then rotated by multiples of 90 degrees in the Y axis starting at 45 degrees (45, 135, 225, 315). Finally the the
top unit vector is flipped to the bottom by rotating around 180 degrees in the X axis, this forms the bottom point. The final step consists of combining the vertices into an array with the array syntax
[| ... |] specifing each triangle of the octahedron in turn.
If you were looking carefully you might have noticed that the
Vector3.transform function is not part of the MonoGame library. I wrapped MonoGames's
Vector3.Transform function so that the
Vector3 is the last parameter so we can use the forward pipeline operator
module Vector3 =
Drawing the Octahedron
What now? Well, with this code we have just been working with the raw vertices, we now need to get this into a form that MonoGame can render, namely an array of the
VertexPositionColor structure. It's a bit of a mouthful so lets alias this so we can simply refer to it as
let vpc v c = VertexPositionColor(v, c)
To render the octahedron we can now modify the draw method of the tetrahedron code from the last post maybe something like this should illustrate:
override x.Draw (gameTime) =
Bear in mind we are not looking at optimisation at all at this stage purely visualising what we have. We are using the
mapi function to alternate between defining blue violet and orange vertex colours. At the moment because we haven't set up any lights the octahedron would just appear as diamond chunk of colour with no shading, with these two simple vertex colours we can see the separate facets and see the 3D form.
Subdivision Surfaces
According to Wikipedia:
A subdivision surface, in the field of 3D computer graphics, is a method of representing a smooth surface via the specification of a coarser piecewise linear polygon mesh. The smooth surface can be calculated from the coarse mesh as the limit of a recursive process of subdividing each polygonal face into smaller faces that better approximate the smooth surface.
They are also known as scalable geometry. I'm not going to get into the realm of true sub-divisional modelling such as providing a visible control surface with editing and crease support, I just wouldn't be able to do it justice within the scope of this introductory series. Applications like Softimage or Maya are masters of sub-divisional modelling, you might want to check those out if you are interested in what can be done in that area. Subdivision surfaces have been quite popular in the computer graphics industry as it allows modellers and animators to work with simple mesh surfaces with far less control points that can be rendered with super smooth detail but without the constraints of having to work with millions of points on the screen at once which can be computationally very expensive and distracting. Nowadays that kind of processing is done by a GPU's vertex shader's or more recently the geometry shader's which can take a simple triangle as an input and produce zero or more triangles as its output.
One of the properties of platonic solids is that all of the defining vertices lie on a sphere. If we were to take each of the defining faces or triangles and recursively divide them into four smaller triangles, and project each of the containing vertices onto the sphere then eventually we would get an approximation of a sphere. This was the basis of Charles Loop's thesis Smooth Subdivision Surfaces Based on Triangles. What I am going to present here will not go into that level of detail and we will not be generating any control surfaces to act on the subdivision mesh. We could call this a poor man's subdivision surface or sphere approximation :-).
Lets create a quick and dirty function to try this out anyway:
let rec subdivide(v1, v2, v3, depth) =
Here we have a recursive function that takes three vertices
v1, v2, v3 and a depth parameter. When the depth parameter is zero we are at our subdivision maximum and we return a normalized triangle. Incidentally for the same lighting issues mentioned above we use three different colours for the vertices: light blue, alice blue, and slate grey. The three vertices
u12, u23, u31 define the points in-between the input triangle, we calculate them by adding the vertices together and dividing them by two
((v1 + v2) / 2.0f) then pipe-lining the result to the normalize function (
|> Vector3.Normalize). We do this for each of the points. The final step is the
yield! section which creates the next level of subdivision for each of the resulting four triangles. Remember our input triangle is divided into four. If fact in the previous article there are several images of this:
The Sierpinski triangle (without the holes) is actually our subdivision method, except the we subdivide every triangle produced.
To try this out lets change the
Draw method so that it looks like this:
override x.Draw (gameTime) =
Here we are using some of the functions from the sequence module to group and process the vertices.
- First the result of
Platonic.createOctahedron()is grouped into triangles using
Seq.windowed 3.
- Now we map each the triangle using the using the
- Next we merge the sequence back together using
- Finally we convert the sequence back into an array with
The image below shows the octahedron at various levels of subdivision from one through to four:
Well I hope you enjoyed this brief sojourn into subdivision, if you want to investigate further I recommend looking at the following papers.
Recursively generated B-spline surfaces on arbitrary topological meshes
Smooth Subdivision Surfaces Based on Triangles
Evaluation of Loop Subdivision Surfaces
It's a very interesting area and I dont think will be able to resist doing another article delving deaper later on.
Until next time…


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Scrawl: Lightweight blogging
Scrawl is a dirt-simple blog product for Plone.
Project Description
Scrawl is a dirt-simple blog product for Plone. It copies the News Item content type to create a Blog Entry (with a slightly tweaked view template) and adds an alternative view to Collections (blog_view). Note that blog_view shows either the description of each contained blog entry (if it exists) or the entire body. It's up to the user to limit those results in an intelligent way so that page loads doesn't take too long.
Scrawl works in Plone 3.x and 4.0.
Installing using buildout
Simply add Products.Scrawl to your eggs list and rerun buildout.
Add Scrawl to your Plone site
Go to Site Setup page in Plone and click on Add-ons.
There is a basic migrator available for Quills -> Scrawl. Read the docstring in Products.Scrawl.Extensions.migrate_entries for more details. YMMV.
Development by Groundwire (formlery ONE/Northwest) <email@example.com>.
Thanks to FamFamFam for the blog entry icon, which is part of the Silk set.
Scrawl 2.0b1 - 2011.02.24
- Brought back support for Plone 3. [yomatters]
- Added upgrade step. [yomatters]
- Added an icon for the Blog Entry type. [yomatters]
- Updated the i18n structure. [yomatters]
- Removed duplication of byline template. [yomatters]
- Updated templates using Plone 4 macros. [yomatters]
- Made blog view filterable by subject in Plone 4. [yomatters]
- Added support for plone.app.discussion. [yomatters]
- Converted view templates to Zope 3 browser views. [yomatters]
- Added a Zope 3 browser layer. [yomatters]
- Replaced install and uninstall methods with GenericSetup profiles. [yomatters]
Scrawl 1.3.2 - 2010.03.09
- Uninstall resets display template for existing Collections using blog_view. Thanks to Shane Graber! [jbaldivieso]
- Added support for Plone 4. [pelle]
- Added Czech translations. [lzdych]
Scrawl 1.3.1 - 2009.06.11
- No changes, but re-releasing because the egg broke during shipping. [jbaldivieso]
Scrawl 1.3 - 2009.06.10
- Added Dutch translations. [markvl]
- Added Japanese translation [papago]
- Added Turkish translation [uyar]
- Added Brazilian portuguese translation [danipessanha]
- Fixed issue #9 (compilation problems running buildout on certain platforms) [jbaldivieso]
- Fixed issue #10 (Duplicate Keyword Issue) [danipessanha]
Scrawl 1.2 - final - 2009.10.01
- added i18n markup for the plone 2.1/2.5 layer and added various adjustments added previously to the plone 3 layer. [pelle]
- lets us a div block for the rich text in the blog_view.pt since there could be inserted various block elements and that will create invalid html like "

My special div block

". [pelle]
- (re)enabled the 'read more' but with a condition so its only shown if the body text isn't show http://plone.org/products/scrawl/issues/2 [pelle]
- added i18n support (plone 3.0) and a Danish translation [pelle]
Scrawl 1.1 - final
- re-released as an egg. No other changes. [jbaldivieso]
Scrawl 1.0 - final
- Changed templates slightly to fully enable Plone 2.1 support. [jbaldivieso]
- Cleaned up presentation of blog entries if they haven't been published yet (and therefore lack Effective Date). [jbaldivieso]
Scrawl 1.0 - beta 3
- Fixed a bug in Plone 3.0 where the Plone Types Ctrl Panel protested when you tried to save settings for Blog Entries. [jbaldivieso]
- Made Blog Entries open for commenting by default [jbaldivieso]
- Added Blog Entries to the portal factory, so that skeleton Blog Entries don't clutter up your site when you add one but don't save it. [jbaldivieso]
- Added External Method for migrating Quills blog entries to Scrawl [ohtogo]
Scrawl 1.0 - beta 2
- slimmed down blog_view so that it just shows descriptions of blog entries if they exist (full bodies otherwise) [jbaldivieso]
Scrawl 1.0 - beta 1
- initial release [jbaldivieso]
[X] Internationalized
[ ] Unit tests
[X] End-user documentation
[ ] Internal documentation (documentation, interfaces, etc.)
[X] Existed and maintained for at least 6 months
[X] Installs and uninstalls cleanly
[X] Code structure follows best practice
Current Release
Products.Scrawl 1.3.2
Released Mar 09, 2010 — tested with Plone 4, Plone 3, Plone 2.5, Plone 2.1
Adds Plone 4 support, a Czech translation, and resets Collection display settings on uninstallation.
More about this release…
- Get Scrawl: Lightweight blogging for all platforms
- Products.Scrawl-1.3.2.zip
- If you are using Plone 3.2 or higher, you probably want to install this product with buildout. See our tutorial on installing add-on products with buildout for more information.
All Releases
|Jun 10, 2009
|More about this release…
|More about this release…
|Release supporting Plone 4.0. More about this release…
Plone 4
|Mar 09, 2010
|Adds Plone 4 support, a Czech translation, and resets Collection display settings on uninstallation. More about this release…
Plone 4
Plone 3
Plone 2.5
Plone 2.1
|Jun 11, 2009
|No changes from 1.3, but re-released due to a mis-packaged egg. More about this release…
Plone 3
Plone 2.5
Plone 2.1
|Jun 10, 2009
|More translations and a few bug fixes. More about this release…
Plone 3
Plone 2.5
Plone 2.1
|Feb 11, 2009
|Added translation/i18n support and a Danish translation as well as minor markup adjustments. More about this release…
Plone 3
Plone 2.5
Plone 2.1
|Nov 19, 2008
|Eggified Scrawl as Products.Scrawl. No other changes. More about this release…
Plone 2.1
Plone 2.5
Plone 3
|Mar 18, 2008
|A solid, working release, ready to use in production. More about this release…
Plone 2.1
Plone 2.5
Plone 3


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social tv
ActiveVideo Networks, This Technology Team on Dynamic Advertising Solution for "iVOD"
--Solution Enables Dynamic Mid-Roll Ad Replacements, Including Ad Content from the Web
--ActiveVideo also Unveils Social TV and iPad Apps
Cloud-based interactive TV specialist, ActiveVideo Networks, and advanced advertising technology provider, This Technology, on Wednesday announced a joint initiative that they say will enable cable operators and programmers to improve monetization of and control over advanced VOD advertising. According to ActiveVideo, the initiative will "help grow the iVOD category" (note: for more on ActiveVideo's "iVOD" concept, see the article published on itvt.com, May 12th).
CBSSports.com to Offer Social TV-Enabled Live Video Coverage of NFL Draft
CBS Sports contacted [itvt] Tuesday to let us know about its plans to provide social TV-enabled broadband video coverage of Thursday's 2010 NFL Draft. According to the company, the centerpiece of its coverage will be "Inside the Draft Live," a show that will air live on CBSSports.com and that will also be simulcast on the CBS College Sports Network. Produced by CBSSports.com, the show will provide coverage of the first, second and third rounds of the draft: it will originate from the CBS College Sports Network's studio in New York City and will feature live segments from Radio City Music Hall, the site of the 2010 NFL Draft, and from CBSSports.com headquarters in Fort Lauderdale.
UK Broadcaster, ITV, to Offer Social TV-Enabled Live Streaming Video Coverage of Election Debate
--ITV Exec Says Broadcaster Close to Deal with Hulu to Offer Programming to US Viewers
UK commercial broadcaster, ITV, yesterday unveiled its plans for social TV-enabled broadband video coverage of the first general election debate between Labour Party prime minister, Gordon Brown, Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, and Liberal Democrat Party leader, Nick Clegg, which takes place tonight (Thursday, April 15th). The debate will also be carried live on ITV's terrestrial channel, ITV1.
IneoQuest-Subsidiary, Vloop, Launches Social TV Platform
--Company Claims Platform Offers Tangible Benefits for Content Providers, Operators
Vloop, a start-up that is a subsidiary of IneoQuest, a provider of solutions for monitoring digital video delivery, officially launched its eponymous social TV service at the NAB show in Las Vegas Wednesday. According to the company, the free service, which is currently available in beta at http://www.vloop.com and for which it says patents are pending, lets users:
Starling Unveils New Social TV Platform for Mobiles, Tablet Computers and the Web
At the MIPTV show in Cannes, Tuesday, a start-up called Starling unveiled a new, two-screen social TV platform.
News Round-Up
--Major Broadcasters Form Mobile TV Content Joint Venture
--History Channel Using Foursquare to Promote New Show
--Intel Demo's PVR Concept
--ON24 Launches "Social Webcasting" Platform
--Softel Working to Streamline Closed Caption Workflow on Avid Editing Systems
--Interactive Video Specialist, Veeple, Launches "VeepleTV"
--YuMe Announces Support for Microsoft Silverlight
Here is a round-up of some other recent interactive TV-related stories that we didn't have room for in this issue:
Mozaik Launches Two-Screen Interactive TV Application for Apple iPad and iPhone
--Ustream Offers Live, Social TV Coverage of Bon Jovi Concert on the iPad
--Shazam Planning iPad-Based Two-Screen Interactive TV, Based on its Audio "Tagging" Tech
At the NAB show in Las Vegas, Monday, a company called Mozaik Multimedia launched a two-screen interactive TV application for the Apple iPad and iPhone. Dubbed "MovieBuddy" and based on the company's !Content technology, the new app is billed as allowing viewers to learn more about products, people and places they see on a movie or TV program, purchase featured products, and share information via Facebook, Twitter or email.
News Round-Up
--Germany's 7P Developing Interactive TV Widgets for Yahoo! Widget Engine
--Accenture Launches OTT TV Solution
--Amino in IPTV Set-Top Deal with CDE Lightband
--Brightcove Releases Version 4.1 of its Platform
--bwin Launches Social TV System
--Edgeware Appoints New CMO, EVP of Sales
--Fox Networks Names Julie Simon SVP of Advanced Services
--New IneoQuest Social TV Service Will Also Gather Feedback on Pay-TV QoS
--iStreamPlanet Integrates Silverlight Rough Cut Editor into its Video Workflow Automation Platform
--China's JENA to Integrate Qtv's Internet Media Player into its Connected TV's, STB's
--Netflix on Wii Now Available to All US Consumers
--Nordija Partners with AcumenLink to Bring its Widget-Based IPTV Middleware to US
--Rentrak to Provide VOD Measurement for New National Geographic Channel
--Turner Sports to Provide Multiscreen Coverage of NBA Playoffs
--Multiple OTT Developments in Australian Market
Here is a round-up of some other recent interactive TV-related stories that we didn't have room for in this issue:
Oxygen to Insert Viewers' Live Social TV Interactions Directly into Programming
Yesterday (see the article published on itvt.com, April 6th), [itvt] reported on how Oxygen Media--the company behind Oxygen, a US cable channel that targets a female demographic--is adding social TV elements to the latest season of its "Tori & Dean" reality TV franchise via OxygenLive, an online destination that is designed to add a two-screen social/interactive TV component to the channel's programming.
Bravo to Offer Weekly "Virtual Viewing Parties" around "Real Housewives of New York City"
--Channel's Social TV Offering Branded as "Bravo Talk Bubble"
NBC Universal-owned cable channel, Bravo, has announced plans to offer a live, social TV experience around each week's episode of its reality series, "The Real Housewives of New York City" (airs Thursdays at 10:00PM Eastern/Pacific).
DISH Network Launches Oberon Media's "Tetris TV" Interactive TV Games Service
--Social Features to Be Added to the Service Later This Year
DISH Network announced Wednesday that it has launched Tetris TV, a subscription-based interactive TV games service from cross-platform casual games company, Oberon Media, which licenses the rights to the Tetris format from The Tetris Company. Oberon, which plans to roll out Tetris TV with additional partners worldwide, says that DISH Network is the first company to launch the service in North America. DISH Network customers can subscribe to the new service, which is priced at $2.99 per month, via the satellite TV service's interactive TV portal, DISH Home, and via interactive banner ads.
News Round-Up: Interactive/Multiplatform TV Content
--Bravo in Partnership with Mobile Social Network, Foursquare
--Elisabeth Murdoch Stresses Importance of Social Media to Future of TV
--NBCU Unveils Plans for Measuring Multiplatform Viewing of its Olympics Coverage
--Sky Betting and Gaming Shifts Focus from Interactive TV to Online
Because the [itvt] editorial team is busy working on The TV of Tomorrow Show (March 3rd-4th in San Francisco) and on our new EBIF Intensive event (March 5th in San Francisco), we will be covering most stories in summary/round-up form over the next few weeks. Here is a round-up of interactive TV content news for the past few days:
Arbitron Study Claims Ads in Social TV Environment Outperform Traditional Broadcast TV Equivalents
--Study Commissioned by Social TV Company, Akoo
Akoo, a Chicago-based company that operates a social music television network for out-of-home environments (note: earlier this month, the company announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded it a patent covering "an apparatus and method of using mobile devices to select on-demand content and socially interact with programming across networked digital video and Internet protocol television services through SMS text messaging or mobile applications"--see the article published on itvt.com, January 14th), on Monday announced the results of an advertising effectiveness study that focuses on the social TV space.
Vpype Begins Public Beta of Social/Interactive Live Video Broadcasting App for Facebook
Vpype, which describes itself as a "social video company," announced last week that it has begun a public beta of its Vpype Live Broadcaster Facebook application (http://apps.facebook.com/vpypebroadcaster), which it says will enable all 350 million Facebook users to create and share live, interactive video. According to the company, the app is easy to use and, among other things, allows end-users to create scheduled or unscheduled interactive live shows, send video notes, store past broadcasts complete with audience participation, and share videos through Facebook.
BBC To Offer over 2,000 Hours of Winter Olympics Coverage through the Red Button
--Will Also Offer Winter Olympics Social/Interactive TV Channels Online
--Huggers: Project Canvas to Feature App Store, Offer SDK
The BBC has unveiled its multiplatform/interactive TV coverage plans for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. According to the corporation:


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you can become a earthranger there!!!!( play fun games as well)Also, you can choose an animal like: a pine martin,The spotted turtule,The plians bison or the monarc butterfly and raise money for it!!!!
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MALIBU—A fifteen-year-old student alleges that her English teacher slapped her in front of her classmates on May 22 at Malibu High School.
Dionne Evans, a former student at MHS, filed a lawsuit on Monday, September 17, in Los Angeles Superior Court against the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District claiming battery, assault, negligence, and violation of civil rights against Jennifer Gonzalez, Malibu High School, and former Malibu High Principal, Mark Kelly. Evans, the only African American student in Gonzalez's class, is seeking damages for her pain caused by Ms. Gonzalez, who is still teaching at the high school and remains steadfast in her innocence.
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