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2012 Plays of the Year: Big HitsPosted by on March 4, 2013 – 2:00 PM
We need your help in selecting the top plays from the 2012 season. We're asking our Faithful fans to choose the top takeaway, touchdown, sack, big play and biggest hit of the season. Next, the winning five plays (one from each category), will move on to the championship round to determine 49ers.com's "Top Play of 2012."
Watch our "Top 5" video highlights on the best plays for each category, then vote in the poll section of the corresponding blog post to see which top play will reach the championship round.
Help us crown the top play of 2012 by choosing your favorite big hit from this past season. You can vote for your favorite big hit up until Wednesday at noon. Let's take a look at the five nominees.
1. NaVorro Bowman's perfect form-tackle vs. the New York Giants
San Francisco's defense included six Pro Bowl performers, including two-time All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman. The former third-round pick, who signed a five-year extension through 2018, made his first Pro Bowl in 2012 thanks to another season filled with big-time tackles in the open-field.
Just ask recently released Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw about them. When San Francisco and New York met in a marquee Week 6 matchup, Bowman, the ultra-athletic linebacker, displayed his speed, technique and tenacity all in one play.
With the Giants facing a 2nd and 8 on the first play of the second quarter, the third-year linebacker recognized an inside run designed for Bradshaw and immediately darted his way through the line of scrimmage. Upon reaching Bradshaw in the backfield, Bowman applied a textbook form-tackle that would make all of his Penn State colleagues proud.
The representative of "Linebacker U" not only showed the instincts to recognize an inside run; he ran right through the Giants offensive line to plant Bradshaw in the backfield for a 1-yard loss.
2. Dashon Goldson's open-field hit vs. the Arizona Cardinals
San Francisco's two-time Pro Bowl safety could warrant consideration five times over in this category. Dashon Goldson's hits in 2012 were just that good.
But when pushed to choose one of Goldson's best tackles in 2012, the open-field, jarring hit delivered on Cardinals wideout Early Doucet stood above the rest. It also took place in front of a national viewing audience on "Monday Night Football."
With the 49ers maintaining a 24-3 lead in the fourth quarter, Goldson put the exclamation mark on a dominant defensive outing. Arizona quarterback John Skelton looked to dump off a quick slant pass to Doucet, but it wasn't such a good idea.
Goldson saw the route developing and patiently waited his turn to strike. The 49ers safety timed up a perfect open-field hit that would leave Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott thoroughly impressed.
Doucet wasn't able to hold on to the football. Not many play-makers this past season could maintain possession once the 49ers safety known as "The Hawk" applied an open-field hit.
3. Aldon Smith's quarterback hit vs. the Arizona Cardinals
Minutes after Goldson's smashing tackle, second-year linebacker Aldon Smith got in on the act with a solid takedown of his own.
With the offense enjoying an efficient performance on the national stage, the 49ers held on to their 24-3 lead with constant second-half pressure on Skelton who was sacked four times on the night, twice by Smith.
With 13:40 left to play in the fourth quarter, San Francisco's first-time Pro Bowl linebacker beat Cardinals right tackle D'Anthony Batiste with a quick inside move and found his way to Skelton for his first sack of the game.
Perhaps even better than the quick-striking sack from the man who recorded 19.5 sacks on the season was Smith's baseball-inspired home-run celebration to accentuate the play.
4. Donte Whitner's body slam vs. the Miami Dolphins
When your safety tandem earns the moniker, "The Lumber Co." hard hits are expected on a weekly basis. That was exactly the case in San Francisco's Week 14 home victory over the Miami Dolphins.
San Francisco claimed a 13-3 lead in the third-quarter and continued to display dominant play when Donte Whitner, a first-time Pro Bowl selection, absolutely corralled Dolphins running back Reggie Bush in the open field.
Rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill dumped off a short pass to Bush in the right flat that went for an 11-yard gain, but on the 11th yard, Whitner met Bush in front of the Dolphins sideline and brought the do-it-all running back down to the ground with one swift body slam.
Whitner's tackle somewhat rivaled a wrestling maneuver, but it was effective in bringing down the game-breaking runner in a quick instant.
5. Delanie Walker's special teams tackle vs. the Baltimore Ravens
The 49ers comeback bid in Super Bowl XLVII was fueled by several standout plays, including a devastating tackle on a third-quarter kick-off return.
The "Ooooooh" receiving hit came from jack-of-all-trades Delanie Walker – the 49ers tight end known for being an effective tackler on special teams.
With the Ravens hanging on to a 28-23 with 3:14 left in the third, Walker got through Baltimore's blockers to deliver a jarring tackle. Walker scooped up return man Jacoby Jones at the 28-yard line and slammed into the Superdome turf in an instant.
The 25 yard return was a drastic improvement from Jones' 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at the start of the third quarter.
UPDATE: Congratulations to Dashon Goldson for winning with nearly 70% of the vote!
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By Ian on Mar 4, 2013 | Reply
Definitely Walker!
By Jordan on Mar 5, 2013 | Reply
Goldson by far, Dashon Goldson destroyed Early Doucet, I remember watching that, it was insane. I really hope we resign him!
By jesus mendoza on Mar 6, 2013 | Reply
By xthespartan on Mar 6, 2013 | Reply
Goldson's Hit –> Wrecking Ball –> My Vote
By Jason Mayeroff on Mar 8, 2013 | Reply
I was at all of those "big hit" games, including the Super Bowl. The hit that really stands out in my mind as being the "Signature Hit" of the 2012 San Francisco 49ers was the hit by Mr. Dashon Goldson on Early Doucet in Arizona. I was sitting in the first part of the upper deck, but I had a pretty clear view of it. Even from that high up, I could hear the "CRUNCH" of Dashon's pads against Mr. Doucet's body. There was a very audible "gasp" that was heard from the Cardinals fans in attendance after this hit. I really want Dashon to remain on the team, but he might need to put "winning" ahead of his bank account to some degree in order to remain a 49er.
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Jeff said, "It's our dream home."
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It's a state department of roads maintenance shop and equipment yard.
Salberg said, "It's going to blow particles of asphalt and dust right over into our land."
The Roads Department built on land owned by the state near a rest area. That saved taxpayers from spending a million dollars to buy land. The new shop is needed close to the interstate.
District Maintenance Manager Dale Butler said, "It's a benefit for everybody but somebody is always next to it."
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Department of Roads officials' claim they tried to contact neighbors individually and left a card on Salberg's door. But Jeff said that's not enough.
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I'm becoming a bit of a recycling center junkie — my husband and I go for a "hot date" every week and come home with a bootload of "treasure." These barrells are storage barrells used by a health food company to import bulk spirulina etc. and cost a whopping NZ$1 each. The paper I used also came from the center — about $2 for a huge carton of old maps, sheet music and atlases — decoupage heaven!
You will need:
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- Paper such as maps, sheet music, wrapping paper, tour guides — whatever takes your fancy
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First I removed excess labels and loose tape off the barrel and gave the barrel a wipe down with a dry cloth. This is a good project to do outside because the glue and polyurethane need to be used in a well-ventilated area.
Spray a sheet of paper with glue and stick it on. Stick the middle of the sheet on first and smooth it out to the edges. I lined the sheets up with the top of the barrel so they sat neatly along the edge but you could let them all overhang and trim with a craft knife later. You can also use PVA glue by brushing it onto the paper and leaving it to rest 30 seconds before sticking. After doing a half-dozen of these barrells the PVA is now my glue of choice as it's easier to reposition.
Keep layering on the sheets until the barrel is covered.
Use the dry rub-on tattoos to decorate the barrel. Peel off the backing and press down with your nail to stick. You could also add stickers or paint on details. Just remember if you use anything too thick you may get bubbles around the joins when you polyeurthane the surface.
Brush over a thin layer of polyurethane. Work slowly so you don't make bubbles and smooth the layer out thinly so it doesn't run. Leave to dry overnight (and hide from your pets or it will go furry!!)
Add two-three more coats of polyurethane until you are happy with the final look. Remember to leave the barrel to dry overnight between coats (check the tin but most need 10-12 hours drying time). Add one-two extra coats onto the lid as this surface will have the most wear.
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'The mother was in the lead, scouting the situation - a straggling chick, a strange vehicle, a vulnerable family. But its next move took me by surprise. It suddenly turned sharp right and headed straight up the nearest dune. It must have been 100 metres high and at an angle of 30 degrees. The sand slipped away under their feet. It was an amazing effort. The whole family disappeared over the crest of the Namibian dune.' Ostriches are the largest and fastest running birds on Earth. Their height, keen hearing and excellent eyesight make them able to spot danger quickly. If they do spot anything, they can run away at over 70 kilometres per hour. The southern ostrich lives in southern Africa and they are nomadic, foraging for seeds and insects as they go.
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PLU offers new direction for
online learning
By Katherine Hedland '88
Faculty like Joanne Lisosky (right) are working
to integrate technology into existing programs and course
work, while keeping personal interaction in the classroom
a priority.
PLU, while embracing the technological
advances that can enrich education, holds fast to its belief that
the best learning takes place in person.
"Our fundamental approach is to apply
technology, including distance learning, to the improvement and
enrichment of existing courses and programs and modes of instruction,"
President Loren Anderson said.
So far, no complete courses are offered
online, and the university has vowed it won't offer complete degree
programs via the Internet.
"We have said very clearly that we
will have no distance learning delivered degree programs period,"
Provost Paul Menzel said. Still, administrators and faculty acknowledge
there is much to be gained by incorporating technology.
"We are taking a conservative, go-slow
approach on this," said Christine Moon, associate professor of
psychology and chair of the Educational Policies Committee. "It's
clear that distance learning is going to grow, and I don't think
we should quickly rule out applications at PLU. It has great potential."
Still, everyone recognizes the important
learning that goes on in a classroom, when bright students and
an inspiring professor meet. That is all part of PLU's mission
of educating students for lives of thoughtful inquiry.
"We value the spontaneity that comes
from face-to-face interaction and you just can't mimic that,"
Menzel said. What about speaking skills?" Menzel asks. "They're
an important part of our education."
Distance education and online learning
are hot topics across the country. The Chronicle for Higher Education
devotes daily coverage to distance learning, and the concept has
been profiled in national magazines in recent weeks. While many
in higher education applaud efforts for online learning and see
it as a way to reach more students, others fear it diminishes
the quality of education and could even create an elitist system,
in which wealthy students receive degrees from traditional institutions
and the less fortunate end up with digital diplomas.
Lisosky's students.
Taking these concerns into consideration,
as well as the potential benefits, the Educational Poli-cies Committee
is evaluating how much technology is being integrated and reviewing
faculty suggestions.
"We have some faculty that are very
enthusiastic about it," Moon said.
One is Diane Harney, communications
professor who earned a second master's in teaching with Internet
technology during her sabbatical. She sponsored a month of faculty
discussions entitled "Technology and Teaching: Utilizing Web-based
Instruction," in January. Faculty members met to discuss interactive
learning and how to teach with technology.
"The use of technology to enhance
teaching and learning without losing the PLU character is what
we're really interested in," Harney said.
There has been talk of offering some
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courses in education, nursing and business. In addition, some
professors have students working on projects simultaneously with
students in similar courses at other colleges or even overseas,
then trading information and ideas online.
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personal con-tact, and we can do that so much better than what
you can do in an online environment," said Layne Nordgren, director
of multimedia systems and li-brary systems. "But we can take advantage
of what the online environment can do. What we can do is incorporate
technology tools into curriculum."
There has been increasing use of
eCourse, a new tool this year that allows students to access syllabi
and other course materials online. Nordgren oversees eCourse,
which also allows faculty to put some course components online.
More than 100 courses use eCourse in some way.
Students can have online discussion
groups, bulletin boards and other study opportunities outside
of class. Some professors allow students to submit assignments
"It provides a wide diversity of
options," Nordgren said.
Some say electronic components can
actually improve the quality of classroom time, because professors
don't have to spend as much time going over details of the syllabus
or background information— those can be easily accessed via computer.
Then, in class, more in-depth conversations can take place because
everyone's prepared.
"I think it's very exciting," Moon
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Samsung is one of those manufacturers that seems to grind out decent, capable handsets with great frequency, yet few of its many iterations tend to stick in the memory, or appear to set the pace. Samsung Wave Samsung's Wave: New OS, but revamped TouchWiz UI Yet with the Wave, Samsung hopes to change all that. The Korean …
This is a new OS so some more details would be useful. How do you sync it to get your data on there? Is there a desktop sync app? Is it Windows only? How do you backup/restore the phone? How are OS updates covered? Can you apply minor patches OTA or do you have to download everything to a PC and run it from there?
Surely these are the sort of basic things anyone would need to know before considering a phone with a brand new OS?
Bada looks good.
"as Samsung defines it, is not an operating system, but platform with a kernel configurable architecture, which allows the use of either the Linux kernel, or another Real-time operating system (RTOS) kernel"
There is only one RTOS kernel for mobile and that's Symbian. So what is on the back end here, Linux or Symbian?
Can I have some of what they've been smoking?
A new smartphone OS, just what we need to add to the 6+ (depending how you count them) already out there. My predictions:
1. No-one will develop for it until there are some volume sales.
2. But no-one will buy it until there are some apps.
If I just want a phone to browse and read email (and voice!) there are already many (cheaper) offerings. Or have they got some fiendishly cunning method to port apps from other platforms?
But.. the point for Samsung is that they were shipping out shedloads of phones with their own OS anyway in addition to all the Android, Symbian and Windows ones that they do.
I think that if you're shipping all those units anyway, opening up the OS and allowing third party developers seems like a no-brainer and pretty low risk approach.
More info...?
User-replaceable battery? Multi-tasking?
yes and yes
If you want to know more you can go here: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_s8500_wave-review-480.php
This phone seems to have top notch hardware, software seems to be okayish.
"The large 3.3in Super AMOLED screen promises 16 million colours and is as sharp and clear as you could wish for."
So it's a large 3.3in screen, as opposed to a normal one? Certainly, as opposed to the 3.5-4in screens that are available on other high-end mobiles? (Given that it's 15:9, I'd argue that it's a *small* 3.3in screen, compared with, say, a 480x320 screen with the same diagonal.) Not that there's anything wrong with 800x480, but it's not "large" by any useful measure.
As for "sharp and clear", that seems unlikely. I believe it's a PenTile layout - which for many people is fine, but for some of us is something we'd rather avoid, partly because of the colour speckles and partly because it's *not* as sharp as a WVGA triple-stripe screen.
Jus' the facts, please, not misleading commentary. If every other phone on the market had a 2.5" QVGA screen, these adjectives wouldn't be a problem - but the market has moved on.
I was a bit worried about pentile too, especially after the nexus one controversy that was raised by arstechnica. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/03/secrets-of-the-nexus-ones-screen-science-color-and-hacks.ars/
But apparently this is not an issue with all pentile screens since some things can be tweaked by the driver.
@Andrew Garrard
"As for "sharp and clear", that seems unlikely." M8 the screen is sharp and clear. The reviewer said this after looking at it. He didnt just make up some pish like u. The screen is also large. No one is saying its the largest but to say it was small would just be stupid.
Re: Pentile
I'd not be too worried about the interference patterns, although I was amused by the Ars article. (It's like getting coloured moire patterns when showing monochrome dither patterns on a colour CRT.)
I am, nonetheless, not a fan of Pentile screens. The layout is a perfectly valid concept, but it's never going to look quite as good as something with a full set of subpixels for each pixel. In addition to a bit of colour fringing, the red and blue pixels are large enough for me to find the chequerboard distracting. Putting a Nexus One or an HTC Desire next to my (LCD) Touch Pro 2, there's a clear difference, no matter what the artificial resolution metrics have to say.
So I don't like the effect, and I hope some manufacturers (other than Apple) stick to a conventional layout. In fact, the sooner LG start selling the Retina Display to an Android company, the better - at least so long as they drop the stupid branding. For those who haven't already spent a few years peering very closely at a WVGA phone screen, on the other hand, the Pentile screens are fine - my other half has a Desire, and she's very happy with it. But I'd not buy one myself, and it's high on the list of things I try to check for in reviews.
@Brian 6
I don't want to be unfair to the device, which I'm sure has a perfectly good screen. I was just criticising the choice of wording in the review.
I'm sure the screen is "sharp and clear". The question is merely over the metric - "sharp and clear" compared to what? A VGA CRT looks "sharp and clear" compared with an NTSC television. I'll believe that the phone's screen looks sharper and clearer than that of, say, my Sony Ericsson P800, or even of an (original) iPhone. I'm merely suggesting that, since the article explicitly states that the screen is 800x480, if the phrase "sharp and clear" is used, the display ought to look especially "sharp and clear" relative to other 800x480 displays. In fact, since the phone has a PenTile arrangement instead of triple-stripe (from what I read elsewhere), the display is measurably *less* "sharp and clear" than a phone with a conventional WVGA LCD - the description is actively (although I'm sure unintentionally) misleading. PenTile and AMOLED have very justifiable benefits, but sharpness and clarity aren't among them. It's true, I've not seen a Wave - I'm just working on my knowledge of several other phones with similar display technology, including a 3.2" PenTile display.
As for saying the screen is large, the article says "a large 3.3in screen". You could argue that it's a small 3.3in screen (from the aspect ratio and the way the area is defined from the diagonal). You could argue that it's a large screen compared with arbitrary non-smart phones - although it's on the small side for a touch-screen smartphone; I say this without judgement, having liked the 3" WVGA screen on my G900. What you can't really do is claim that the screen is 3.3in, and qualify that with "large" - either it's 3.3in or it's not. If the article aims to point out that a 3.3in screen is large, even if we forgive the missing comma ("large, 3.3in screen" would have been less ambiguous), it should really have some reference point. It is, after all, a very small screen compared with an IMAX. There are phones with screens with a larger-than-4" diagonal; a 4" sceen is still "large" because it's bigger-than-average. For a smartphone, 3.3" isn't.
Yes, I'm being picky. I just wanted to bring attention to the fact that loose wording in reviews can be misleading. Someone might assume that the screen is exceptionally sharp, or be above-average size, based on what's been written, and neither of those assumptions would be correct.
@Andrew you are right about the Pentile layout - horizontal lines have a discernible crenelation up close. However, I wouldn't say that this makes the display particularly of text any less clearer. Though I've yet to see one in the flesh, iPhone 4's display I can imagine that in some circumstances the difference is likely to be marked - c't magazine has said text on the iPhone 4 looks like it's "on" the screen.
But the mere fact that Wave is eminently usable outside in the sunshine is a killer. And on top of that the screen is very smudge resistant - it has that liquid shine to it that you think will be a fingerprint magnet and it just isn't a problem.
While the Wave seems to have some teething problems - battery life and GPS perhaps chief among them - and there will never be as many as for the Jesus phone, this is a lovely phone that fits easily in the pocket. It remains to be seen if Samsung can keep the Bada API close enough to Android to make ports or cross-development attractive for developers. At half the price of an iPhone 3GS it's a much better phone.
So, what's the point of yet another platform?
The people who want a new smartphone are either smitten with Apple and won't look at anything else.. or people that want Android because it has a massive and growing community. Widows Mobile 6.5 is dying off, and the people who would settle for something else probably aren't the type of people that care about smartphones anyway
A few answers for you folks:
It uses Samsung's funky looking Kies system for syncing. It's an icon-based interface that you can set to sync your contacts and media content automatically, or drag and drop when it suits. This should be provided on disc with the handset, though it wasn't on my test sample.
Bada is Linux-based.
Yes, you can multi-task, and you can replace the battery if you need to.
App Policies?
You've left out all of the 'issues' that have become so controversial. Primarily, can it side-load apps? If not, does their app store have a written policy?
These questions are much more important to some users (e.g. me!) then all of the technical minutia.
Bada Bing
So... is the search engine on it by Microsoft thus giving us Bada Bing?
Sorry, someone had to do it...
what's more...
If the Bing application crashes the phone, it would be a case of...
Bada Bing, Bada boom.
It still manages to look like a cheap and nasty Samsung.
I fail to see the purpose
There are several established phone OSs out now. The most popular (Android, iOS, BB) have all been around for 3 years or so now, so have fixed most of the annoying niggles that are inevitable with a new product. Who would write an app, just for some people on niche Samsung handsets, forsaking the riches in the promised land of App Store and Android Market?
Also, the review says it's a solidly put together piece of kit. Kudos if that's true, but every Samsung I've ever owned (two) has been a flimsy piece of crap, designed for 9 year olds (presumably by 9 year olds). At this price point, it's fighting with last-gen hardware, and I'd definitely rather splash out my £320 on a safe bet like a iPhone 3GS or HTC Hero.
I guess they (Samsung) won't mind as long as their phones continue to sell well.
Bada sounds very like......
"bathroom" in Norwegian. Just saying, there's no need to look at me like that.
I have actually seen one
My friend got one last week. Forget the £320, that's unlocked. She paid £40 on a not very expensive contract. The 3GS was £200ish on the same contract, so a phone like this is clearly going to help people who don't want to (or can't) spend silly money on a phone.
She doesn't care about app stores. The fact it can run an app at all is a big step up from the usual dumbphones people were buying 18-24 months ago. There is a built in browser, facebook and twitter app, wifi, gps... that's enough for most people to start with.
I don't know about screen tech, but to my eyes, the screen was better than my 3GS. Perhaps I was swayed by the brightness, but everything seems vivid and solid.
It was also responsive, decent camera, flash etc. It made me re-evaluate spending so much on an iphone 4 tbh. Yes, the iphone series might be decent enough phones, but are they worth such a high premium?
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Edentulism, or the state of lacking one or more teeth, is on the rise in the United States. According to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), 69% of adults from the ages of 35 to 44 are edentulous. Unfortunately, the fee charged to treat such problems is on the rise, as well. However, it's possible to get cheap teeth implants in Costa Rica and save a bundle on your new smile.
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Nat King Cole That Sunday That Summer Lyrics
Last updated: 06/16/2013 01:55:10 PM
-Artist: Nat King Cole
-peak Billboard position # 12 in 1963
-Words and Music by George David Weiss and Joe Sherman
(If I had to choose just one day)
If I had to choose just one day
To last my whole life through
It would surely be that Sunday
The day that I met you
Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills
Summer was a-coming in but fast
Lots of daffodils were showing off their skills
Nodding all together, I could almost hear them whisper
"Go on, kiss her, go on and kiss her"
If I had to choose one moment
To live within my heart
It would be that tender moment
Recalling how we started
Darling, it would be when you smiled at me
That way, that Sunday, that summer
(Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills)
(Summer was a-comin' in but fast)
(Lots of daffodils were showin' off their skills)
(Nodding all together, I could almost hear them whisper)
("Go on, kiss her, go on and kiss her")
If I had to choose one moment
To live within my heart
It would be that tender moment
Recalling how we started
Darling, it would be when you smiled at me
That way, that Sunday, that summer
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One of the best | Reviewer: Rick | 1/20/13
I first heard this song about 40 yrs ago and have thought it to be one of the best songs I have ever heard--maybe I'm just an old romantic but still love the song--Nat died way too young and wonder sometimes what he would think of the so called music we have today
Most Appropriate For Love | Reviewer: Marcha | 12/2/12
I woke up this Sunday morning singing this song and had to find it. Knew most of the words but were elated to find the exact lyrics. This song pulls the strings of my heart... maybe one day i shall sing it because i have found that love...
beautiful song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/6/11
i first heard this on Dick summers radio show in new york (overnite show) he did a thing where he read love poems and other things and he called his segment THE LOVING TOUCH he often played this song i have loved it ever since. it's beautiful
From a Filipino | Reviewer: TongitsManila | 6/6/11
My dad loved to play jazz when I was young but I never knew the singers and song titles. I suddenly recognized this song when I heard it on the radio. Go on and kiss her... was such a haunting refrain. It spoke for me, the love for my wife who has been my friend for 30 years. I wanted to sing this to her and now I have the words. Many thanks.
Love it, love Nat | Reviewer: Lucille Idoux | 5/14/11
That Sunday, That Summer brings up all kinds of feelings for me. I feel happy and sad, all at the same time. The lyrics are sweet and meaninful as are the lyrics to a lot of the old songs that actually "said" something. It brings back a lot of sweet memories of days gone by that I love to remember. And, if it matters, I am 71 years old and have always been a romantic. I expect that I was young at the perfect time to have been able to experience songs such as That Sunday, That Summer.
Mr. Scum Bag | Reviewer: Anonymous | 3/29/10
OK so I'm a scum bag, I just swiped the first few lines and sent them via text to someone that I actually met on a Sunday a few weeks ago. she is on her way to see me and hopefully these lines will put the icing on the cake, if you know what I mean!
A tune from the memory | Reviewer: Alan-Nottingham-England | 3/4/10
Every so often, a tune from the past comes into your head, and you find yourself humming it. Today, in the office, it's That Sunday, That Summer,
by Nat.( I actually thought it was called One day)- I came onto the site to find the lyrics. They are absolutely beautiful, and sum up a persons feeling for his loved one. Nat made some fantastic songs, but this, as far
as i'm concerned, is THE BEST.!!!!
nykky | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/3/09
My dad grew up in the Nat King Cole era so naturally i grew to like and luv some of the song however that sunday that summer is truely beautiful by all means... I don't share this song with some significant other but it is one of my dads favorites and mine as well... I have been searching for the title of the song for years now... and just so u now i'm only 25 and this by all means once again is my favorite song and i intend to dance with my dad at my wedding to it... Thx for the lyrics
George Benson | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/17/09
I heard George Benson perform this song at North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam last weekend in his Nat King Cole tribute. It had me in tears. I'll be playing this to the love of my life when I meet her next..... soon...
that sunday that summer | Reviewer: christy felicia | 2/6/08
i'm 21 years old but this song realy impressed me so much. my friend used to make fun at me bcoz they dont understand why i love this song so much. i think this is the most romantic song that i've ever heard. i've been looking for the lyrics since i dont know when. thx
One of the most romantic songs of the last centrury | Reviewer: Jan Hawkins | 4/23/06
This song was always being played in my childhood home as it was my parents song.
Mom died today and of course I will be arranging for it to be played at her funeral.
It is such a perfect romantic song, which stirs such wonderful memories for me, all made even more special by the fantastic voice of Nat King Cole.
That Sunday, That Summer | Reviewer: Beverly McNulty | 4/4/06
that song has been running throuhg my head for days now...I remember my Dad play it. it's such I ROMATIC song...why can't anyone write songs like that anymore????? I'm 50 yrs young going on 25. I'm trying to find a recording of the song mentioned above, and so far it's a dead end!!!! thankyou, Beverly McNulty


text: Viva la Causa: MSM Dupes Celebrate the Racist Roots of the Castro/Che Revolution by Humberto Fontova 10 Feb 2010 post a comment Share This: Next we'll hear that James O'Keefe attended a dinner party honoring Apartheid South Africa's former president, P. W. Botha. If so, and the accusation verified, O'Keefe's "insensitivity" to human (and civil) rights would barely register against that of Max Blumenthal's boss at The Daily Beast, Tina Brown. I'll report. Y'all decide: "N**ger!" taunted my jailers between tortures," reported the world's longest suffering black political prisoner about his suffering. "We pulled you down from the trees and cut off your tail!" laughed my torturers. For months I was naked in a 6 x 4 foot cell. That's four feet high, so you couldn't stand. But I felt a great freedom inside myself. I refused to commit spiritual suicide. I do not refer to Nelson Mandela. No, the prisoner was a black Cuban named Eusebio Peñalver, whose incarceration and torture at the hands of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara's Stalinist regime stretched to 29 years, surpassing Nelson Mandela's record in time behind bars and probably doubling the horrors suffered by Mandela during this period. "The Negro is indolent and spends his money on frivolities and booze, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent," wrote Ernesto "Che" Guevara in his diaries. When during a 1959 press conference a Cuban black asked Guevara, "what his Revolution would do for blacks?" Che sneered: "we'll do for blacks exactly what blacks did for the Cuban revolution. By which I mean: nothing!" Che was much too modest. "Nothing" is not at all an accurate description of the Castro/Che treatment of Cuba's blacks. First, they forcibly overthrew a Cuban government where Cuban blacks served as President of the Senate, Miister of Agriculture, Chief of Army, and Head of State (Fulgencio Batista, a grandson of slaves who was born in a palm-roofed shack). Not that you'll learn any of this from the liberals' exclusive educational source on pre-Castro Cuba: the Godfather II movie. Today the prison population in Stalinist/Apartheid Cuba is 90% black while only 9% of the ruling Stalinist party is black. Elsewhere liberals denounce such a thing as "racist apartheid." But have you ever heard of Eusebio Peñalver? He became a U.S. citizen and lived in Miami for almost 20 years and would have been a cinch for the media to track down. Ever see a CNN interview with him? Ever see him on 60 Minutes? Ever read about him in the New York Times? The Washington Post? The Boston Globe? Ever hear the NAACP or the Congressional Black Caucus mention him? This being Black History Month should we expect a special on him on NPR and the History Channel? Why do I bother asking? He was a victim of the Left's premier pin-up boys...nuff said. Sr Peñalver served several months of this almost thirty-year sentence in a "punishment cell" barely big enough to stand in, where he languished naked and in complete darkness. "Castro's apologists," he said in an interview with this writer, "those who excuse or downplay his crimes -- these people be they ignorant, stupid, mendacious whatever--they are accomplices in the bloody tyrant's crimes, accomplices in the most brutal and murderous regime in the hemisphere." "The Toast of Manhattan!" crowed Time magazine about Fidel Castro's reception by Manhattan's Beautiful People on his visit to address the U.N. General assembly in 1996, upon the U.N.'s 50th anniversary celebrations. "The Hottest Ticket in Manhattan!" read a Newsweek story that week, referring to the social swirl that engulfed Castro. After Fidel's whooping, hollering, foot-stomping ovation in the General Assembly, he was fêted by New York's best and brightest, hobnobbing with dozens of Manhattan's glitterati, pundits and power brokers. First, there was dinner at the Council on Foreign Relations. After holding court there for a rapt David Rockefeller, along with Robert McNamara, Dwayne Andreas and Random House's Harold Evans, Castro flashed over to Mort Zuckerman's Fifth Avenue pad, where a throng of Beltway glitterati, including a breathless Mike Wallace, Peter Jennings, Bernard Shaw, Barbara Walters and Tina Brown, all jostled for a brief tryst, cooing and gurgling to Castro's every comment. All clamored for autographs and photo ops. Diane Sawyer was so overcome in the mass killer's presence that she rushed up, broke into that toothy smile of hers, wrapped her arms around Castro and smooched him warmly on the cheek. "You people are the cream of the crop!" beamed the mass-murderer to the smiling throng that surrounded him. "Hear, hear!" chirped the delighted guests while tinkling their wine glasses in appreciation and glee. More perspective: according to Anti-Apartheid activists a grand total of 3,000 political prisoners passed through South Africa's Robben Island prison in roughly 30 years under the Apartheid regime. Usually about a thousand were held. These were out of a South African population of 40 million. According to the Human Rights group, Freedom House, a grand total of 500,000 political prisoners have passed through Castro's various prisons and forced labor camps. At one time in 1961, some 300,000 Cubans were jailed for political offenses. This is out of a Cuban population in 1960 of 6.4 million. A calculator will easily reveal the grotesque disparity between "The Toast of Manhattan's!" repressions compared to Apartheid repression. The regime headed by the Stalinist dictator whom Tina Brown toasted was roughly twenty times as repressive as the one universally condemned by Manhattan's enlightened opinion. More recently "The Toast of Manhattan!"sentenced other blacks (Dr. Elias Biscet, Jorge Antunez) to 20-year sentences essentially for quoting Martin Luther King in a public square. I will quote Antunez' sister from a samizdat smuggled out of Cuba last year. "The Cuban government tries to fool the world with siren songs depicting racial equality in our country. But it is all a farce, as I and my family can attest, having suffered from the systematic racism directed at us by Castro's regime. My brother suffers the scourge of racial hatred every day. The beatings are always accompanied by racial epithets. They set dogs on him. They deny him medical attention. They kept him from attending his mother's funeral. The only thing I have to thank Castro for," she quoted her brother, "is for restoring the yoke of slavery that my ancestors lived under." Toast that, Tina.


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